(pure)- purity, clarity, and healthy calmness (Life of devotion) practiced by Sannyasa /Saints. Rajas (dim)- action, change, passion, excitement, creation, generation, etc. (Life of activity) Tamas (dark)- darkness, death, destruction, ignorance, laziness, inactivity, etc. (Life of indifference) practiced by asuras /demons. Atheist views of sin Atheism often draws a distinction between