Kāyagatāsati/Kāyānupassanā – Mindfulness Immersed in the Body?

[thomaslaw]

@redmuntjac

The Khandha samyutta, on the other hand, taught much about discernment or rightly seeing (正觀): … Now we can see the true meaning of dhammanupassana. It means to look deeply into the nature of phenomena . Seeing their impermanence and selflessness, we no longer cling to wrong views. … across the entire SA/SN. The last tetrad of Anapanasati is a better representation of dhammanupasana

It seems you present ‘right view’ practices/teachings from the entire SA/SN sutras for the notion of ‘dhammanupasana’ in the sati practices in SA/SN.

Note that sati ‘mindfulness’ in SA/SN is mainly for samadha/samadhi; ‘right view’ (or 正觀) in SA/SN is about ‘insight’ (vipassana):

Who is the best teacher on Samatha and Vipassana meditation?

I think the best teacher on Samatha and Vipassana is the core teachings of SN/SA suttas themselves. E.g.: Vipassana in SN/SA suttas is the practice of ‘right view’ How to get Right View? - #13 by thomaslaw Samatha in SN/SA suttas is the practice of ‘mindfulness’. See: Pages 215-8 from The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism Choong Mun-keat 2000.pdf (285.9 KB) Pages 225-7 from The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism Choong Mun-keat 2000.pdf (210.4 KB)