Gandhi’s Seven Deadly Sins

Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity.

a.. Wealth without Work

b.. Pleasure without Conscience

c.. Science without Humanity

d.. Knowledge without Character

e.. Politics without Principle

f.. Commerce without Morality

g.. Worship without Sacrifice …………………..

According to The Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft, by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, each of the Sins was associated with a specific punishment in Hell. I once saw a set of 16th-century engravings by George Pencz that used animals in their depictions of the Sins. The prints also used women to symbolize all the Sins, which was probably okay in the sociopolitical climate of the 16th century but probably wouldn’t be encouraged nowadays.

Sin – Punishment in Hell -Animal – Color

Pride – broken on the wheel – Horse – Violet

Envy -put in freezing water -Dog -Green

Anger -dismembered alive -Bear -Red

Sloth -thrown in snake pits -Goat -Light Blue

Greed -put in cauldrons of boiling oil -Frog -Yellow

Gluttony -forced to eat rats, toads, and snakes -Pig -Orange

Lust -smothered in fire and brimstone -Cow -Blue

from http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/history.html

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