Much Ado about Titles - putting the Gatā in Kāyagatāsati

[SCMatt]

Thanks for the responses! Especially, the linguistic analyses.

but lol, I just realized I had posted almost exactly the same question a year or so ago:

Kāyagatāsati/Kāyānupassanā – Mindfulness Immersed in the Body?

Many modern teachers of meditation teach mindfulness immersed in the body as a felt experience of the body (in itself). Is there any EBT support for such an approach? Venerable Bhikkhus Ānalayo and Sujato, in their comparative studies of satipaṭṭhāna have noted that the 32-parts of the body meditation seems to be the only body meditation that can unequivocally be said to be original. This meditation, to me at least, appears to be a method using abstracted visual imagery rather than a felt sense…

There are some great posts there from @Gabriel and @chansik_park; with many sutta references.