Anger Talks

Anger, also known as wrath (UK: ROTH) or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.

A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion which triggers part of the fight or flight response. Anger becomes the predominant feeling behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically when a person makes the conscious choice to take action to immediately stop the threatening behavior of another outside force.

Anger can have many physical and mental consequences. The external expression of anger can be found in facial expressions, body language, physiological responses, and at times public acts of aggression. Facial expressions can range from inward angling of the eyebrows to a full frown. While most of those who experience anger explain its arousal as a result of "what has happened to them", psychologists point out that an angry person can very well be mistaken because anger causes a loss in self-monitoring capacity and objective observability.

Modern psychologists view anger as a normal, natural, and mature emotion experienced by virtually all humans at times, and as something that has functional value for survival. Uncontrolled anger can negatively affect personal or social well-being and negatively impact those around them. While many philosophers and writers have warned against the spontaneous and uncontrolled fits of anger, there has been disagreement over the intrinsic value of anger. The issue of dealing with anger has been written about since the times of the earliest philosophers, but modern psychologists, in contrast to earlier writers, have also pointed out the possible harmful effects of suppressing anger.

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February 8th, 1987, Serial No. 00386

Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Anger, Meditation, Separation, Patience, Emotions,...
Feb 08 1987

February 3rd, 1987, Serial No. 00372

Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Delusion, lecture, Consciousness, Commitment, Zendo...
Feb 03 1987

Sunday Lecture

Patience, Half-Smile, Anger, Emotions, Equanimity, Vows, Cultivation, Observe, Demons...
Jan 18 1987
Green Gulch

January 17th, 1987, Serial No. 01495, Side A

Daily Life, Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Don't Know Mind, Obstacles, Oneness...
Jan 17 1987

1987, Serial No. 00917

OSB Cam, Obstacles, Gratitude, Anger, Offering, Hate
1987
9-10 of 14

The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation

Serial: BZ-00883A

Saturday Lecture

Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...
Nov 01 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Concentration

Serial: BZ-00882B

Sesshin Day 1

Concentration, Composure, Samadhi, Continuous, Daily Life, Pure Existence, Buddha...
Aug 30 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #43

Serial: BZ-00878A

Hot and Cold Buddha, Sesshin Day 4

Buddha, BCR-43, Hate, Posture, Emotions, Silence, Nirvana, Tassajara, Anger, Ego...
Jun 07 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

March 11th, 1986, Serial No. 00609

OSB Cam, Anger, Ego, Hate, Don't Know Mind
Mar 11 1986
Shantivanam Ashram

February 16th, 1986, Serial No. 00608

OSB Cam, Ego, Forgiveness, Anger, Ceremony
Feb 16 1986
Shantivanam Ashram

Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole Mind

Serial: BZ-00870A

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana...
Dec 14 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

November 16th, 1985, Serial No. 00867, Side A

Commitment, Tassajara, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger, Soto Zen, resistance,...
Nov 16 1985

November 9th, 1985, Serial No. 00866, Side B

Concentration, Evil, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Passions, Four Noble Truths,...
Nov 09 1985

November 2nd, 1985, Serial No. 00866, Side A

Doubt, confusion, Continuous, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Aspects of Practice, Big...
Nov 02 1985

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00411B

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,...
Sep 06 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen and Shikantaza

Serial: BZ-00415B

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Shikantaza, zen meditation, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building,...
Jun 15 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Sitting Sesshin as a Beginner

Serial: BZ-00425B

Sesshin Day 1

Sesshin, Zazen, Peace, Intuition, Hate, Posture, Anger, Silence, Concentration, Bell...
Mar 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Doing Zazen All Day Long Without Crossing Your Legs

Serial: BZ-00423B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Posture, Anger,...
Mar 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00423A

Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha's...
Feb 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Introductory Sesshin: Zazen Questions

Serial: BZ-00409B

Carrying the Stick, Beginners' Sitting

Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Kyosaku, Birth-and-Death, Describe, Anger, Harmonizing...
Feb 09 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Makyo

Serial: BZ-00393A

Saturday Lecture

Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...
Sep 15 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Ego and Personality

Serial: BZ-00390A

Saturday Lecture

Ego, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Offering, Bowing, Samadhi, Discrimination, Evil, Anger,...
Jun 30 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01110

Serial: NC-01110

"Fate, Providence and Religion". Talks at New Clairvaux Abbey, Vina, CA.

OSB Cam, lecture, Separation, Patience, Anger
Feb 1984
17 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01112

Serial: NC-01112

"Task of Becoming Fully Human in a Christian Way."

OSB Cam, Judgement, Anger, Compassion, Transmission
Feb 1984
14 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01118

OSB Cam, Buddha, Anger, training, Instruction
Feb 1984
5 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

December 19th, 1983, Serial No. 00419

Mindfulness, Daily Life, Samadhi, Beginners, Aspects of Practice, training, Anger,...
Dec 19 1983

The Dharma of Effort

Serial: BZ-01520B

Saturday Lecture

Effort, Mindfulness, Study Period, Concentration, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Religion...
Nov 27 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #19 Pt. I

Serial: BZ-00903B

Nansen's Ordinary Mind, Saturday Lecture

Ordinary Mind, Nansen, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Zazen Mind, Samsara, Lotus Sutra, Demons...
Nov 12 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Abhidharma: The Six Pairs

Serial: BZ-00417B

One-Day Sitting

Abhidharma, Eight Aspects, Anger, Daily Life, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Emotions, Gratitude...
Oct 29 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

October 15th, 1983, Serial No. 00416, Side A

Intimacy, Mindfulness, Separation, Culture, Anger, Interview, resistance, Describe,...
Oct 15 1983

Clement of Alexandria

Serial: NC-00529

Monastic Theology Set 3 of 3

OSB Cam, Enlightenment, Instruction, Darkness and Light, Anger
Oct 05 1983
2 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. I

Serial: BZ-00403A

Zuigan's Calling the Master, Saturday Lecture

Zuigan, MM-12, stubbornness, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Fox, Birth-and-Death,...
Sep 24 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Without Hindrance

Serial: BZ-00396A

Seeing the Absolute and Relative, Saturday Lecture

Practice, Absolute-and-Relative, Hindrances, Daily Life, Discrimination, Teacher-and-...
Aug 27 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice Life

Serial: SF-00102

Talk given at Berkeley per introduction.

Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Posture, resistance, Suzuki Roshi,...
Aug 07 1983

The Five Hindrances

Four Noble Truths, Anger, Doubt, Demons, Mindfulness, Greed, Hindrances, Balance,...
Jun 30 1983
SFZC

The Four Brahmaviharas

Serial: BZ-00397A

Saturday Lecture

Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Enemies, Peace, Mahayana, Hate, Emotions, Anger, Lay...
May 28 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Organic Gardening and Composting

Serial: BZ-00005B

Interdependency and Impermanence, Saturday Lecture

Interdependence, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind,...
Apr 02 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Public Lecture

Enemies, Peace, Anger, Daily Life, Happiness, Mindfulness, Half-Smile, Silence, Non-...
Mar 28 1983
SFZC

Public Lecture

Serial: SF-01798

Duplicate

Enemies, Peace, Daily Life, Half-Smile, Anger, Happiness, Silence, Birth-and-Death,...
Mar 28 1983
SFZC

Blue Cliff Record: Case #43

Serial: BZ-00006B

How Can We Avoid Heat and Cold?, Saturday Lecture

BCR-43

Koan, resistance, Non-violence, Fasting, Anger, Dana, Daily Life, Building, training...
Mar 05 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Importance of Attention to Form in Zen Practice

Serial: BZ-00049B

Sesshin Day 2

Subject-and-Object, Duality, Hindrances, Oneness, Silent Illumination, Anger, Non-...
Feb 20 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Poetry Reading

Funeral, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Bell, Lay, Fox, Enemies, Evil, Anger, Hate...
Feb 01 1983
City Center

Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated

Serial: BZ-00046B

Unifying Body, Mind and the Way, Saturday Lecture

MM-35

 

Koan, Birth-and-Death, War, Peace, Dragons, Offering, Instruction, Doubt, Emotions,...
Jan 22 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

June 1983 talk, Serial No. 01522, Side B

First Principle, Dragons, Continuous, Hate, Emotions, Anger, Bodhidharma, Intuition,...
1983

Exodus

Serial: NC-00939

Class #1 (9 Dec 82) and #2 (16 Dec 82) on the Book of Exodus.

OSB Cam, Anger, Breath, Compassion, Precepts, Ceremony
Dec 09 1982
1 of 3
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5

Serial: BZ-00044A

Need to Find True Teacher, Saturday Lecture

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dragons, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...
Nov 20 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

November 10th, 1982, Serial No. 00860

Serial: NC-00860

Monastic Spirituality Set 8 of 12

OSB Cam, Anger, Renunciation, Hate, Letting Go, Attachment
Nov 10 1982

October 6th, 1982, Serial No. 00863

Serial: NC-00863

Monastic Spirituality Set 8 of 12

OSB Cam, First Principle, Anger, Pain, Greed, Money
Oct 06 1982

Emptiness Means Interdependence

Serial: BZ-00041A

Sesshin Day 1

Harmonizing, Posture, Heart Sutra, War, Interdependence, Anger, Ego
Sep 25 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Work Sesshin: Building the New Zendo

Study Period, Building, Non-violence, Happiness, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Religion,...
Aug 21 1982

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