how many meditations have the word 'sati' in there? what are all the practices that are "great fruit, great benefit"?

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'Sati' means to remember the teachings (SN 46.3) and keep Right View in mind (MN 1117).

'Sati' does not mean to 'observe' or 'watch' ('anupassi') meditation objects.

It is consciousness that observes or watches meditation objects.

Therefore, the mind can remember death but the mind cannot remember the body or breathing.

In conclusion, to answer this question, since 'sati' itself means to remember the teachings (SN 46.3) and keep Right View in mind (MN 1117), 'sati' includes remembering all teachings & all realities when required; thus the phrase SATI-SAMPAJANNA.

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Since the first question was answered superbly by DD, I'll try to answer the second one:

In essence, everything the Buddha taught is to be done again & again, ad nauseam, so that it's "of great fruit, of great benefit", otherwise he'd not have taught it. The Noble Eightfold Path is often also called The Threefold Training.

AN 7.46 is basically the short answer to your question

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.046.than.html

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