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戒壇圖經云。夫欲受戒者。先於有智人所策發教於萬境之上。起慈護心故。婆沙云。由普於一切有情上。起善意樂無損害心得戒。若臨集僧。當行法事。但云。發上品心。得上品戒者。沙彌素未曾聞。不知何者。是上品心。此猶空雷發奇峯之天。甘雨絕流金之地爾（上品心。即是於萬境上。起慈護也）。

The Illustrated Scripture on the Ordination Altar states: 'Whoever wishes to receive the precepts should first be inspired by a wise person to give rise to a mind of compassionate protection toward all objects.' Thus the Vibhāṣā says: 'Through a mind of wholesome aspiration and non-harm directed universally toward all sentient beings, one attains the precepts.' If, upon assembling the saṃgha and performing the liturgical ritual, one merely says, 'Generate the highest mind to receive the highest precepts,' the novice (śrāmaṇera), never having heard this before, will not know what the 'highest mind' is. This would be like thunder without rain booming over a sky of strange peaks, or sweet rain failing to reach a scorched earth (the 'highest mind' is none other than giving rise to compassionate protection toward all objects).