[Centurnion]

personally, i am not sure what the controversy is?

Theravada, which itself is an idiosyncratic sect/cult, did reinvent meditation

the various systems of Theravada meditation, starting with Buddhaghosa's explanation of Anapanasati in his Visuddhimagga, to the modern techniques of Mahasi, Goenka, the Thai "Buddho", etc, are not related to what Buddha taught

they can be useful introductory methods. they are wholesome. but they are reinventions

kind regards



buddha taught meditation as follows:

And what is the faculty of concentration? There is the case where a monk, a noble disciple, making it his object to let go (vossaga), attains concentration, attains singleness of mind.

SN 48.10 A monk develops mindfulness as a factor for awakening - dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on cessation that results in relinquishment (vosagga).

MN 118