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
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