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*[[Pride]] (or Vainglory)

*[[Pride]] (or Vainglory)

*[[Envy]]

*[[Envy]]

*[[Anger]] (or Wrath)

*[[Anger]] (or [[Wrath]])

*[[Sloth (sin)|Sloth]] (or Acedia)

*[[Sloth (sin)|Sloth]] (or Acedia)

*[[Greed|Avarice]] (or Covetousness)

*[[Greed|Avarice]] (or [[Covetousness]])

*[[Gluttony]]

*[[Gluttony]]

*[[Lust]]

*[[Lust]]

The [[Bible]] does not list them in this form, but they are commonly found in Medieval and [[Renaissance]] thought. Personifications or depictions of the seven sins (and their punishments in [[Hell]]) are also common in the art and literature of these periods, sometimes contrasted with the seven cardinal [[virtue]]s.

The [[Bible]] does not list them in this form, but they are commonly found in Medieval and [[Renaissance]] thought. Personifications or depictions of the seven sins (and their punishments in [[Hell]]) are also common in the art and literature of these periods, sometimes contrasted with the seven cardinal [[virtue]]s.

The seven sins may be categorized in three groups (see, for example, [[Dante's Purgatorio]]):

The Seven Deadly Sins may be categorized in three groups (see, for example, [[Dante's Purgatorio]]):

*Pride, envy and anger are sins resulting from excessive self-interest.

 

*Greed, gluttony and lust result from excessive desire for things outside the self.

* [[Pride]], [[envy]] and [[anger]] are sins resulting from [[excess|excessive]] [[self]]-interest. According to [[Ayurvedic medicine]] they result from [[Pitta]] ([[Fire]] and [[Water]] [[five elements|element]]) [[dosha]] disturbance in the [[mind/body]].

*Sloth results from a deficiency of the desires that inspire us to act for good or ill.

 

* [[Greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]] result from [[excess|excessive]] [[desire]] for things outside the [[self]]. According to Ayurvedic medicine they result from [[vata]] disturbance in the [[mind]]-[[body]].

 

* [[Sloth]] or [[laziness]] results from a [[deficiency]] of the desires that inspire us to act for [[good]] or [[evil|ill]]. According to [[Ayurvedic medicine]] they result from [[Kapha]] ([[Water]] and [[Earth]] element) dosha in Ayurvedic medicine disturbance in the mind-body.

 

== External link ==

== External link ==

[http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/history.html A brief history of sin]

[http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/history.html A brief history of sin]

[[Category:Christian Theology]]

[[Category : Christian Theology]]

[[Category:Sin]]

[[Category : Sin]]

[[Category : Three Poisons]]