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## Five Great Vows (Pancha-achara) - Chapter 5
**Verse 235:**
Compassion, which is born from pure thoughts, words, and actions, and pure perception and knowledge, is the cause of the inflow (āsrava) of merit. Conversely, know that cruelty, and the use of false knowledge and perception, are the causes of the inflow of demerit.
**Explanation:**
Compassion towards living beings, pure thoughts, words, and actions, and pure perception and knowledge are the causes of the inflow of merit. Conversely, cruelty, false knowledge, and perception are the causes of the inflow of demerit.
**Verse 236:**
Just as dust clings to a body smeared with ghee or oil, so too, karma clings to a being who is drenched in attachment, aversion, and delusion.
**Explanation:**
Just as dust clings to a body smeared with ghee or oil, so too, karma clings to a being who is drenched in attachment, aversion, and delusion.
**Verse 237:**
The inflows (āsrava) are: false belief (mithyatva), restlessness (aviramana), and the attachment to passions (kṣayayoga). False belief is the delusion about the true nature of things, as explained by the Arhats.
**Explanation:**
The inflows (āsrava) are: false belief (mithyatva), restlessness (aviramana), and the attachment to passions (kṣayayoga). False belief is the delusion about the true nature of things, as explained by the Arhats.