Overview
The Knots or Ties (Gantha) bind the mental body to the physical body. This Dyad structurally isolates the mental factors that act as these restrictive psychological knots.
The List
- Ganthā dhammā - States that are knots: The Abhidhamma identifies four ties (covetousness, ill-will, clinging to rules, and dogmatic fanaticism). Functionally, these reduce to only three mental factors: Greed (lobha), Hatred (dosa), and Wrong View (diṭṭhi).
- No ganthā dhammā - States that are not knots: All other phenomena.
Textual References
- Abhidhamma: Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Duka) – Demonstrates how different metaphorical categories of defilements in the suttas ultimately map back to a few core unwholesome roots.