Kāyagatāsati/Kāyānupassanā – Mindfulness Immersed in the Body?

Yes, indeed. Sati ‘mindfulness’ practice in SA/SN sutras is in fact very practical in daily life, not a complicated theory at all.

A comparison of the different versions of the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta, MN 10, MA98 and EA12.1, is presented in the following article, pp. 24-25 (also mentioned SN 47.2 and SA622 in pp. 22-23):

Pages 22-25 from The Importance of Pali Chinese Comparison 2005 Choong Mun-keat.pdf (1.6 MB)

Choong Mun-keat, “The importance of Pali-Chinese comparison in the study of Pali suttas”, Khthonios: A Journal for the Study of Religion, vol. II, No. 2 (June 2005), pp. 19-26.

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