Peter Masefield wrote:

PM> Such teachings were imparted through an oral progressive
PM> revelation, culminating in a vision of the goal, nirvana, being
PM> communicated to the convert, as a result of which the latter was
PM> not only severed from his past karma, both good and bad, but also
PM> spiritually reborn onto the supermundane path which, since it
PM> prevented further accumulation of karma, guaranteed attainment of
PM> liberation from rebirth.

Does it imply that "oral initiation" suttas, especially those after
monks were enlightened, are actually deliberately designed
step-by-step instructions on investigating sankharas, and reading them
as analytical treatises with unnecessary repetitions means missing the
whole point of suttas?

Dimitry