...maybe because it is the whole reason for being a monk?

Nibbānogadhañhi āvuso visākha, brahmacariyaṃ vussati nibbānaparāyaṇaṃ
nibbānapariyosānan”ti (ma. ni. 1.466) ettha nibbānaṃ pariyosānanti vuttaṃ

> > brethren be expected not to decline, but to prosper.>
>
> I agree with your comments and conclusions. All the sources you have quoted
> are from the Sutta Pi.taka, where we can meet the Buddha as a guide, as a
> patient teacher. However, in Vinaya we see the Buddha as an enforcer of law
> who practiced the policy of "carrot or stick". All Paatimokkha precepts, for
> example, are in the format of "Don't do this or else".
>
> I agree that meditation like satipa.t.thaana can really help individual
> monks to observe Vinaya rules but there is no rule to force monks to
> meditate. I sometimes wonder why the Buddha has not made meditation
> compulsory for monks.
>
> with metta
>
> Ven. Pandita
>
>
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