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The knot of adherence to dogmatic assertion of truth

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What exactly is the "bodily knot of adherence to dogmatic assertion of truth" or "insistence that this is the only truth" in the sutta below? Why is it a bodily knot or tie? Please provide examples. The Pali term is "*idaṁsaccābhiniveso kāyagantha*". SN 45.174 translated by Ven. Bodhi: > “Bhikkhus, there are these four knots. What four? The bodily knot of > covetousness, the bodily knot of ill will, the bodily knot of > distorted grasp of rules and vows, **the bodily knot of adherence to > dogmatic assertion of truth**. These are the four knots. > > This Noble > Eightfold Path is to be developed for direct knowledge of these four > knots, for the full understanding of them, for their utter > destruction, for their abandoning.” SN 45.174 translated by Ven. Sujato: > “Mendicants, there are these four ties. What four? The personal ties > to covetousness, ill will, misapprehension of precepts and > observances, and t**he insistence that this is the only truth**. These are > the four ties. > > The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, > complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four ties.”
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Apr 20, 2021, 04:02 PM
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