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## **Low Karma**
Just as a person who applies oil to their body and then rolls in dust, the dust sticks to their entire body, in the same way, when there is a pulsation - movement - in the soul-regions of a being bound to the cycle of existence, due to false belief, lack of dispassion, carelessness, passions, and yoga, etc., then an infinite number of karmic particles become connected to the soul-regions. Just as a ball of iron heated by fire constantly draws water to itself, in the same way, a being bound to the cycle of existence, through the fickleness of their mind, speech, and body, due to the causes of karmic bondage like false belief, etc., constantly attracts and accumulates low karmic particles. And just as there is a relationship between milk, water, fire, and a ball of iron, so too is there a relationship between the being and these karmic particles.
The being possesses infinite qualities like knowledge, perception, subtle body, and energy. Karma, while covering these infinite qualities of the being, also becomes the cause of birth and death, and of being called high or low, and sustains the being in those states.
## **The Relationship Between the Being and Karma**
The relationship between the being and karma has existed since time immemorial. Just as the relationship between gold and the stone-like impurities in gold ore (kan-kopal) is timeless, so too is the relationship between the being and karma. The natural tendency of a being bound to the cycle of existence is to be transformed by attachment, etc., and the nature of bound karma is to cause the being to be transformed by attachment, etc.