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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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Work Sesshin: Building the New Zendo

Serial: BZ-01528B

One-Day Sitting

Zendo, Sangha, Berkeley Zen Center, Building, Non-violence, Study Period, Karma,...
Aug 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #17

Serial: BZ-00029B

"Sitting Long and Getting Tired", Sesshin Day 5

BCR-17

 

Composure, Zazen, Koan, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Samadhi, Composure,...
May 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Ideal versus Actual Practice

Serial: BZ-00022A

Rohatsu Day 6

Zazen, Effort, Chanting, Emotions, Building, Anger, Observe, Conversation, Religion,...
Dec 1981
Part 2 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha

Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Silence, Anger, Passions, Offering, Balance, Doubt, Peace...
Aug 14 1981
3

The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom

Serial: SF-00007B

Reading of Dr Edward Conze's translation - this is after 00007A and separate from it.

Perfect Wisdom, true dharma, Evil, Concentration, Karma, Anger
Apr 25 1980

December 19th, 1979, Serial No. 00143

Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Mindfulness, Anger, Emotions
Dec 19 1979

March 9th, 1979, Serial No. 00116

Greed, Evil, Pain, Bell, Beginners, Anger, Ceremony, Hate, Building
Mar 09 1979

March 9th, 1979, Serial No. 00131

Greed, Evil, realization, Commitment, Beginners, Anger, Community, Discrimination,...
Mar 09 1979

March 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00110

Eight Awarenesses, Suffering, Consciousness, Anger, Describe, Humility, Compassion,...
Mar 02 1979

February 26th, 1979, Serial No. 00105

Compassion, Eight Awarenesses, Posture, Consciousness, Balance, Evil, Mahayana,...
Feb 26 1979

February 26th, 1979, Serial No. 00120

Eight Awarenesses, Compassion, Balance, Posture, Consciousness, Nirvana, Evil,...
Feb 26 1979

September 1st, 1977, Serial No. 00101

Compassion, Fox, causation, lecture, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,...
Sep 01 1977

August 26th, 1977, Serial No. 00094

realization, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Religion, lecture, Vinaya, Intention...
Aug 26 1977

August 22nd, 1977, Serial No. 00090

Transmission, Bodhidharma, Evil, Silence, Echo, realization, Lay, Ego, Anger,...
Aug 22 1977

August 29th, 1976, Serial No. 00084

Silence, Buddha Nature, Hate, Beginners, Anger, Describe, Fox, Balance, Emotions,...
Aug 29 1976

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