What is your deadly sin?

Which seven deadly sin are you most guilty of?

Mine is def gluttony. I have gained the freshman 15 from over eating in college but the cause of my gluttony is more than just a love of food.

I was gluttonous before as an anorexic/bulimic. I didn't overeat as an anorexic but all of my thoughts and actions were consumed by food and then I'd overeat and purge.

Now that I am not anorexic or bulimic I overeat for the wrong reasons. One is because the food is really good. The others are to show everyone that I am better and because I'm so unaccustomed to loving myself that being able to eat makes me happy.

Ofcourse now I am self conscious again and have been going back to my old ways a little but I have had food issues since I was 9 so my life is heavily revolved around food so I chose gluttony.

 

I'd say sloth is my 2nd worst sin... I think the rest I have a good balance of... I'm a little guilty of all of them but sloth and gluttony I've gone overboard with

 

I think mine would be pride. I have a tendency to be vain sometimes.

But having said that ... the way I remember how these were taught in Sunday school, they were only "deadly" sins if they were taken to grotesque extremes. If you weren't extreme about it, it might be something you needed to work on, but it wasn't a "deadly" sin.

ladybrunette, I'm sure you're not an extreme glutton or extremely slothful ...

 

sloth is first place..gluttony is a close second..and envy shows up for dinner often

 

Mine, I'm sorry to say, is lust. I don't know why. I have a strong libio, I guess. I look at other women all the time. I keep saying to myself that I'm going to stop - then a pretty lady jogs past my window and I can't seem to take my eyes off of her. I'm always trying to make eye contact with pretty women I see at the food coop. I think about sex often. Nothing ever happens though. Just lustful thoughts, that's all!

Does this make me a bad person?

 

LOL Spud ... when I was married I told my husband he could look but not touch. To tell you the truth, I think I'd be more concerned if he didn't look.

 

im lazy i gotta get my shit together. second is lust, i just want bang bang bang

 

Luckily sloth was on there cause I ain't guilty of any others... except for times as a kid when I was being dumb. I'm not too bad with sloth either though, it's a choice, actually.

 

Greed is mine. Greed in the form of lust for pleasing the senses. Greed in the form of pleasure for the feelings I get from non-stop, continuous contact between the senses and the objects associated with the senses. Greed from clinging to what it is I like in order to perpetuate this liking, even at the cost of others.

However, I don't really consider it SIN.

Along with greed, I'm besieged with Ill-Will. Ill-Will in the form of disappointments, impatience, anger, hatred. Ill-Will in the form of not liking the things which do not please me. Ill-Will in the form of clinging to things that I do like and being displeased with those who try to take those things from me.

And, I don't really consider this a SIN.

Along with greed and ill-will, I am also besieged with Delusion. As are all living beings, not just us arrogant humans who think all living beings are lesser then they are just because they don't walk around on two legs have two arms, two hands, eight fingers and two opposable thumbs and who use their words to create hatred and violence all at the cost of wanting to perpetuate their own happiness.

And yet, still I don't really consider this a SIN either.

It's greed, ill-will and delusion that perpetuates our own ideas of existence, that perpetuate birth in any realm we happen to continually reappear in, and as a consequence perpetuate death.

If I had to consider anything a sin, and this is a big IF, it would have to be IGNORANCE. Yet, since Ignorance is the driving factor for the basis of existence, then that big IF just went and got itself derezed ...

HTML:

 

well don't sins contribute to ignorance?

 

Sloth.

I'd elaborate more but that seems like an effort... :leaving:

 

My previous response was from the thinking mind of a Buddhist. According to this line of reasoning and thinking, if sin could have a defining basis, it would be that sin is a result of ignorance. Not the other way around.

If I read your reply correctly, weren't you indicating ignorance being a result of sin?

From a Buddhist perspective or line of reasoning this would be considered an impossiblility.

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Greed, Lust, and a little Sloth. Not perfect. That's for sure.

 

Sin is derived from a hebrew word meaning simply "to miss the mark". The connotation it has developed is based on the guilt-oriented approach of dogmatic and fundamentalist forms of Christianity and Judaism. Darrellkitchen is correct in that all sin is sourced in ignorance. However, the "seven deadly sins", when undersood correctly, are simply acknowledgements of the most detrimental ways that we can deviate from our alignment with the natural state of our beings. When we align ourselves with that state, we effortlessly embody virtuous qualities and perceive sin as illusory in nature. When we indulge in sin, we simply know that we have "missed the mark". We have sought to derive a sense of well-being from behavior that exists in ignorance of the knowledge of well-beings' true source.

Ignorance itself isn't considered one of the seven deadly sins because from a biblical perspective it is the "original sin", the "fall from grace" that produced our collective susceptibility to sin. It is ignorance of the true nature of our beings that gives rise to all forms of human suffering -- and it is sin that perpetuates that ignorance.

Travis

 

Its a tie between wrath and sloth. I do tend to get angry, and i am an angry stressed out person but i dont hurt anyone so i dont think its a sin

laziness might be a sin, because youll never succeed in life being lazy of course

 

good thing I'm taking a class called "The Buddha and his Teachings" this semester

 

This looks like a great thread in the making!

Spot on posts Radareyes and Darrellkitchen!!! (Course, I expect nothing less from my shaved-headed orange toga wearing brethren)...((wink,wink))

Couldn't answer the poll. Having no religion there is no concept of sin, let alone deadly ones. Sin is a religious construct. It's origins may well be, similar to Jewish Rabbinical laws, meant to be a way of bettering the odds the tribe/society surviving. Somewhere along the line it became used as a method of control through fear of punishment/hell...

Lust Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy


Why are some of these even considered sins?
Making lust a sin is akin to Orwell's "thought crime". Lust is also a genetic mating response. Wouldn't wrongful action on the thought be the sin? After all, is it a sin to lust for my wife?
Obvious gluttony (conspicuous consumption?) is one thing but where is the line?
Being happy having what you need and very thankful for the extras is the object, but...
imagine this...A group of people are sitting with the Dali Lama. (my beloved brother) Someone comes in and plops down a huge very artfully made banana split. What do you think he'd do? My money's on spoons for all and that beautiful monk will have a chunk of banana in his mouth ice cream dripping down his chin!!! Gluttony or grateful indulgence?
Edible mandala?
Hurtful greed does need societal restriction but in the end doesn't it come with its own built in punishment. It sets one apart from the whole. A dehumanizing effort.
Sloth is another one of those self punishment actions. As in....you come to my home and I'll feed you till your full, slake your thirst and give you warm quarters. If in the morning you want an extended stay pitch in, however able. If you choose laziness you set yourself apart from the whole, you punish yourself.
Wrath, in its action form, denies all humanity. Punishment for all. Damned shame so many deities have practiced it. Might toe the line on "sin" with that one.
In this entire world what is there to envy?
Pride a sin? I'm a master artisan. When an apprentice my master taught me, " Be humble and honest in your dealings and always take pride in your accomplishments."

Jmho

Nestea,

Zen

 

I don't know that a buddhist munk would be ecstatic over ice cream b/c isn't part of buddhist teaching to not have strong desire??? correct me if I'm wrong

I also just started this thread as a light fun topic not a serious religious thing... not that I am against the conversation it has formed I'm just putting it out there that I'm not trying to convert anyone or condemn them I just thought it would be fun to see what people say

I also think that the deadly sins are only sins if taken to an extreme... lust is natural and ok unless it is taken out in a disrespectful form

over indulgence on occasion is fine but when it takes away from those in need or you become selfish that is a problem

there's one thing to want a lot but most people manage to control their desires but stealing b/c of greed is wrong or taking w/e you want

sloth is fine on occasion but when you mooch off of others or don't take care of yourself or those around you it is hurting yourself and others... your actions or lack of actions affect more than yourself

anger is natural but violence from anger is not good

it is natural to be envious but if you take out bad actions out of envy there is pain in that

finally to be proud is one thing but excessive pride prevents you from learning and also harms others

 

The Seven Deadly Sins, by the Traveling Wilburys;

1. Was when you left me
2. Was when you said goodbye
3. Was when you told me a little white lie
4. Was when you looked my way
5. Was when you smiled
6. Was when you let me stay
7. Was when you touched me and told me why

7,7,7, seven deadly sins.....

 

Oooh...sorry.

Phew! I'm off the hook.

Nothing you've written has suggested such. imo...

And it is!

No worries...there's no right or wrong.
Using the word Buddhist is no different than using the word Christian. It paints with a broad brush. As with Christianity, Buddhism has many traditions and both have monks who take extreme(imo) ascetic vows and those who don't.
Mind you, I don't write from an educated standpoint only from experience. In my travels a number of monks have shared the path. Some were pious and restricted themselves. Others...not as much. Having quaffed ale, shared doobage, shared all types of food and even boogied down to Native American rock music with em.....Monks is still just peoples.

Forgive me if I conveyed the idea of "ecstatic" and "strong desire". That wasn't the idea.
Consider this..."artfully made- edible mandala"...some dessert chef made this confection to be eaten. The Dali Lama is a diplomat as well as a religious leader. It might be rude to refuse. A bite of the treat is trivial.
"spoons for all"....Wouldn't sharing with all be a blessed thing?

As stated, this is only from experience. I must defer to the resident brother Monk for knowledge on the subject.

Zen