Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of seven sins.

Mahatma Gandhi published Seven Social Sins in his weekly newspaper Young India in 1925.

 These are:

 1. Wealth without Work: Gandhi gave importance to parishram, hard work and considered wealth earned without parishram as a sin. He objected to the system of Zamindari, profiteering and capitalism. 

2. Pleasure without Conscience: Gandhi suggested enjoying the life with conscience. Any way of pleasure should not be against value system of society and conscience of the person. In this way he suggested celibacy and avoiding vyabhichar.

 3. Knowledge without Character: Knowledge, Gyan must be accompanied by Character, Charitra. In absence of strength and integrity of character, knowledge may lead to disaster. Intellectual development should commensurate with internal development.

 4. Commerce without Morality: Commercial activities must be guided by moral principles of restrain and welfare. Kalabazar and profiteering are considered sin. While earning profit and doing business, requirement of consumer should be kept in mind.

 5. Science without Humanity: Science can make progress but its final aim should be wellbeing of humanity. Every scientific development has to be for the ultimate purpose of human welfare. Green Revolution may be considered good scientific development but invention anduse of atom bomb may not be.

6. Religion without Sacrifice: Gandhi was a strict vegetarian and therefore by religious sacrifice he suggested personal sacrifice, not bali, animal sacrifice. Fasting, restraint on personal desires, sacrifice of personal comfort etc are important in religion. 

7. Politics without Principle: Politics should be for promotion of certain beliefs and ideology, based on strict principles, guided by ethics and morality. Unprincipled, violent, corrupt politics is considered a sin.