[745] Which phenomena (dhammā) are both ties (ganthā) and associated with ties (ganthasampayuttā)?
The bodily tie (kāyagantha) of adherence to rules and rituals (sīlabbataparāmāsa) is both a tie and associated with a tie through the bodily tie of covetousness (abhijjhā); the bodily tie of covetousness is both a tie and associated with a tie through the bodily tie of adherence to rules and rituals.
The bodily tie of dogmatic insistence that "this alone is truth" (idaṃsaccābhinivesa) is both a tie and associated with a tie through the bodily tie of covetousness; the bodily tie of covetousness is both a tie and associated with a tie through the bodily tie of dogmatic insistence that "this alone is truth."
These phenomena are both ties and associated with ties.
Which phenomena are associated with ties but are not ties?
The phenomena that are associated with those phenomena [the ties], setting aside those [tie] phenomena themselves — namely, the feeling aggregate (vedanākkhandha) … the consciousness aggregate (viññāṇakkhandha): these phenomena are associated with ties but are not ties.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.