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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May 5th, 1990, Serial No. 00506, Side A

Anger, Demons, New Year, Passions, Commitment, Impermanence, Liberation, Greed...
May 05 1990

Earth Day

Serial: BZ-00508

Saturday Lecture

Earth Day, Precepts, Happiness, Tassajara, Buddha Nature, Dragons, Commitment, Greed...
Apr 22 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

March 25th, 1990, Serial No. 00510, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Berkeley Zen Center, Anger, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Gratitude,...
Mar 25 1990

Nirvana and Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00498A

Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana, Hate, Greed, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Four Noble...
Feb 10 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Start the New Year

Serial: BZ-00502B

Saturday Lecture

New Year, Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Daily Life, Enthusiasm, Anger, New...
Jan 06 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Fall Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00386

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Commitment, training, Priest, Daily...
Nov 05 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02719A

Commercially produced cassette

Don't Know Mind, Peace, Cultivation, Greed, Ego, Enemies, Passions, Balance,...
Oct 08 1989
San Jose

Blue Cliff Record: Case #7: Pt. 2

Serial: BZ-00382

"You Are, Echo", Sesshin Day 2

Echo, BCR-7, Buddha Nature, Pure Existence, Big Mind, Fox, Bodhidharma, Precepts,...
Sep 04 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

1989.07.23-serial.00082

Obstacles, Anger, Doubt, Enemies, Dana, Emotions, Observe, Bell, Vows, Instruction...
Jul 23 1989

July 20th, 1989, Serial No. 00984

OSB Cam, Anger, Describe, Diversity, Politics
Jul 20 1989

Tokusan Brings His Bowls

Serial: BZ-00377B

Sesshin Day 4

Tokusan, Bell, Monastic Practice, Dragons, Lineage, Peace, Anger
Jun 24 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Emotions, Cultivation, Anger, Patience, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Continuous,...
May 30 1989
Green Gulch

May 27th, 1989, Serial No. 00721

Serial: BZ-00721

Lecture

Precepts, Daily Life, Cultivation, Practice Period, Emotions, Posture, Anger, Birth-...
May 27 1989

Six Factors of Consciousness

Serial: BZ-00371B

Sesshin Day 2

Consciousness, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Hindrances, Posture, Anger, Ego, Daily Life, Hate...
Mar 18 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Greed, Hate, and Delusion

Serial: BZ-00371A

Saturday Lecture

Three Poisons, Greed, Hate, Delusion, Greed, Hate, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Birth-...
Mar 11 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness of Feelings

Serial: BZ-00328

Sesshin Day 4

Four Foundations, Mindfulness, Emotions, Happiness, Enthusiasm, Don't Know Mind...
Feb 21 1989

January 16th, 1989, Serial No. 01465

Peace, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Humility, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Daily Life,...
Jan 16 1989

Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00370B

Saturday Lecture

Metta Sutta, Ego, Buddha Nature, Hate, Birth-and-Death, New Year, Monastic Practice,...
Jan 07 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Chenrezig

Serial: SF-01918

Practice itself - Blind Faith - Center of Mandala

Freedom, Emotions, Samsara, Mindfulness, Anger, Faith, Ego, Karma, Don't Know...
Dec 24 1988
SFZC

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Emotions, Chanting, Gratitude, Peace, Letting Go, Posture, Lay, Precepts,...
Dec 11 1988
Green Gulch

November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01512

Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous, Judgement, Instruction, Emotions, Lay,...
Nov 16 1988

Sunday Lecture

Emotions, Anger, Renunciation, Ordination, Daily Life, Half-Smile, Ceremony,...
Oct 09 1988
Green Gulch

Bodhisattva Practice

Serial: BZ-00367B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Way, Anger, Lotus Sutra, Platform Sutra, Emotions,...
Oct 01 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

September 17th, 1988, Serial No. 00366, Side B

Anger, Pure Existence, Priest, Equanimity, Daily Life, Non-attachment, Emotions, Ego...
Sep 17 1988

Bodhisattva Practice: Four Methods

Serial: BZ-01498B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Anger, Equanimity, Daily Life, Precepts, Building, Emotions, Attachment...
Sep 17 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: BZ-00892A

Sesshin Day 2

Duality, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Anger, Birth-and-Death,...
Sep 04 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00832A

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Aug 06 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

1988.08.03-serial.00083

Practice Period, confusion, Obstacles, Emotions, Letting Go, Passions, Describe,...
Aug 03 1988

Anger and Greed

Serial: BZ-00890A

One-Day Sitting

Anger, Greed, Anger, Karma, Fox, Platform Sutra, Vows, Greed, Attachment, Bodhisattva...
Jul 17 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

June 19th, 1988, Serial No. 00826

Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Posture, Vows, Anger,...
Jun 19 1988

April 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01068

Posture, Anger, Emptiness, Discrimination, Mindfulness, Liberation, Instruction,...
Apr 09 1988
SFZC

Four Levels of Tantra

Vinaya, realization, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Mandala, Anger, Beginners, Continuous,...
Apr 06 1988
SFZC

Sunday Lecture

Cultivation, Conversation, Anger, Bodhisattva Vow, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period,...
Mar 13 1988
Green Gulch

Dzögchen part 2

Serial: SF-01940

Speaker surmised from series

Anger, Karma, Passions, Happiness, Emotions, Duality, Emptiness, resistance, Four...
Feb 21 1988
SFZC

Dzögchen

Karma, confusion, Duality, Emotions, Anger, Ego, Beginners, Buddha Nature,...
Feb 14 1988
SFZC

Bodhisattva Nature

Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Karma, confusion, Offering, Balance, resistance,...
Feb 12 1988
SFZC

January 16th, 1988, Serial No. 00901, Side B

Posture, resistance, Sanctuary, Addiction, confusion, Concentration, Mindfulness,...
Jan 16 1988

January 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01464

Happiness, Lay, Obstacles, Interview, Silence, Bell, Offering, Posture, Building,...
Jan 16 1988

Sunday Lecture

New Year, Silence, Anger, Lay, Happiness, Priest
Dec 20 1987
Green Gulch

December 9th, 1987, Serial No. 00308

Serial: BZ-00308

Rohatsu Day 2

Intuition, Fasting, American, Anger, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Offering,...
Dec 09 1987

Four Truths and Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00309

Rohatsu Day 1

Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Passions, Mundane Life, Attachment, Karma, Obstacles...
Dec 08 1987

Rule of St. Benedict

Serial: NC-01064

Rule of St. Benedict lecture series

OSB Cam, Happiness, Continuous, Observe, Anger, Intention
Dec 1987
5 of 6
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Forgiveness

Forgiveness, resistance, Mill Valley, Hindrances, Cultivation, Anger, Daily Life,...
Sep 06 1987
Green Gulch

July 12th, 1987, Serial No. 01489

Pure Existence, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Offering, training, Anger
Jul 12 1987

Genjokoan II

Serial: BZ-00908A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,...
Jun 04 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

June 3rd, 1987, Serial No. 01501, Side B

Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Sixth Patriarch, Koan, Attachment, Heart Sutra, soto,...
Jun 03 1987

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00336

Lecture

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...
May 17 1987

May 16th, 1987, Serial No. 01487

Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Family Practice, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...
May 16 1987

March 2nd, 1987, Serial No. 00333, Side A

Serial: BZ-00333A

Sesshin Day 3

Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Building, Anger, Harmonizing, Commitment,...
Mar 02 1987

February 16th, 1987, Serial No. 03987

Serial: SF-03987

Monday

Precepts, Sixth Patriarch, Anger, Observe, Conversation, Instruction, Cultivation,...
Feb 16 1987
SFZC

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