The knot of adherence to dogmatic assertion of truth What exactly is the &quot;bodily knot of adherence to dogmatic assertion of truth&quot; or &quot;insistence that this is the only truth&quot; in the sutta below?
Why is it a bodily knot or tie?
Please provide examples.
The Pali term is &quot;idaṁsaccābhiniveso kāyagantha&quot;.
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 the 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.”
The Buddha taught 4 yokes;

The yoke of sensuality, the yoke of becoming, the yoke of views, &amp; the yoke of ignorance. - AN 4.10

4 clingings;

sense-pleasure clinging (kamupadana)
views clinging (ditthupadana)
rites-and-rituals clinging (silabbatupadana)
self-doctrine clinging (attavadupadana)

The expression

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.

As i understand it, one can interpret the knots as untied by unyoking, unyoked one enjoys non-clinging. 1st &amp; 2nd knots are fully untied at the unyoking from sensuality as anagamin, 3rd &amp; 4th would be untied by a stream enterer as the 3rd is silabattaparamasa fetter and the phrase in question i assume is an untieing due to unyoking from the yoke of views, &amp; the yoke of ignorance, a non clinging to the doctrine of self &amp; pernicious wrong views, these too are abandoned by a sotapanna.
As to why it's a bodily knot, i guess because it binds to getting a body due to being yoked becoming/existence but some say Kaya is a tricky word and if one makes those assertions then one can pull different interpretations.
Also one can interpret the knots closer to the tangle sutta.
There is this verse (SN 7.6):

A tangle within,
a tangle without,
people are entangled
in a tangle.
Gotama, I ask you this:
who can untangle this tangle?


[The Buddha:]
A man established in virtue,
discerning,
developing discernment &amp; mind,
a monk ardent, astute:
he can untangle this tangle.
Those whose passion, aversion, &amp; ignorance
have faded away,
arahants, their effluents ended:
for them the tangle's untangled.
Where name-&amp;-form,
along with perception
of impingement &amp; form,
totally stop without trace:
that's where the tangle is cut.