The 7 Deadly Sins vs Raja Yoga’s Path of Pure Living
Today after meditation I was thinking about the difference between how those from unconscious, unhealed, disconnected states live vs how Raja Yoga teaches us to live in purity, and how much my life has changed after walking that path of enlightenment with my Yogi Zach. In Raja Yoga, we’re not seen as sinful or broken. We’re seen as pure souls who forget our true nature. What religion once called “sins,” Raja Yoga understands as ego-based states that arise when we live from fear, attachment, and survival rather than soul-awareness. Here’s how they mirror each other 👇 Pride → Soul Humility When we live from ego, pride shows up as control, comparison, or needing to be right. In Raja Yoga, humility isn’t weakness — it’s quiet self-respect.Knowing who you are without needing to prove it. Greed → Contentment Greed comes from the belief that something is missing.Raja Yoga teaches inner fullness — a sense of enoughness that isn’t dependent on things, outcomes, or validation. Lust → Pure Love Lust is attachment, craving, and dependency disguised as love.Pure love in Raja Yoga is non-possessive and free. It connects without needing to take. Envy → Appreciation Envy arises when we compare and feel behind.Raja Yoga invites appreciation — honouring your own journey and recognising that someone else’s success doesn’t diminish you. Gluttony → Moderation & Balance Gluttony isn’t just about food — it’s over-consuming anything to avoid feeling.Raja Yoga values simplicity and conscious living, listening to the body instead of overriding it. Wrath → Peace Wrath is a reactive state — the nervous system in fight.Raja Yoga restores peace by returning us to inner stillness, where we respond rather than react. Sloth → Spiritual Awareness Sloth isn’t rest — it’s unconscious living.Raja Yoga encourages gentle discipline: small, consistent practices that keep us awake, present, and aligned. Raja Yoga teaches remembrance. These states aren’t moral failures —They’re signs we’ve drifted from our soul-consciousness.