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 that 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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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

Being Intimate with Practice

Serial: BZ-00416A

Lecture

Intimacy, Mindfulness, Separation, Culture, Anger, Interview, resistance, Bell,...
Oct 15 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Serial: SF-01798

Duplicate

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

Public Lecture

Enemies, Peace, Anger, Daily Life, Happiness, Mindfulness, Half-Smile, Silence, Non-...
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

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

Monastic Paths: Community and Growth

Serial: NC-00860

Monastic Spirituality Set 8 of 12

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

Integrating Soul and Spirit Journey

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

Serial: BZ-00037B

One day sitting lecture

Study Period, Building, Non-violence, Happiness, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Aug 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

August 21, 1982, Serial No 01528B

Serial: BZ-01528B

One-Day Sitting

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

The Spiritual Paradox of Truth

Serial: NC-00996

Monastic Spirituality, Set 7 of 12

OSB Cam, Anger, Demons, Fox, Forgiveness, Compassion
Jul 28 1982

Forgiveness: A Monastic Pathway to Peace

Serial: NC-00995

Monastic Spirituality, Set 7 of 12

OSB Cam, Anger, Forgiveness, Hate, Emotions
Jul 15 1982

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

Fear and Love in Spiritual Growth

Serial: NC-01008

Monastic Spirituality, Set 6 of 12

OSB Cam, Addiction, Patience, Anger, Attachment
Feb 12 1982

Embracing Humility: A Path to Transformation

Serial: NC-00687

Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12

Anger, Obstacles, Enemies
Jan 07 1982

How to Sit Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00022A

Rohatsu Day 5

Zazen, Effort, Chanting, Emotions, Building, Anger, Conversation, Religion, Doubt...
Dec 1981
Part 1 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

Mumonkan Case 36

Karma, Anger, Daily Life, Peace, Samadhi, realization
May 31 1981
City Center

Man - Image of God - Transfiguration

Ego, Oneness, Enlightenment, Hate, Anger
Feb 1981
10 of 14

Community & Solitude

Anger, Liberation, Forgiveness, training, Attachment
Feb 1981
13 of 14

Chastity: The Spiritual Path to Love

Serial: NC-00858

Monastic Spirituality Set 9 of 12

OSB Cam, Vow, Ego, Compassion, Cultivation, Anger
Nov 14 1980

History of Christian Spirituality

Serial: NC-01207

Part of "The History of Christian Spirituality" class

OSB Cam, Diversity, Anger, Intention, Commitment, Money
Oct 1980
3 of 7
New Camaldoli Hermitage

History of Christian Spirituality

Serial: NC-01205

Part of "The History of Christian Spirituality" class

OSB Cam, Commitment, Diversity, Balance, Renewal, Anger
Aug 1980
1 of 7
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Sacred Dialogue in a Secular World

Serial: NC-00832

1980s

OSB Cam, Anger, War, Balance, Enthusiasm
Jun 1980

Dreams, Poetry, and Duality Unveiled

Evil, Obstacles, Passions, Balance, Emotions, Anger, Religion, Duality, Interview,...
May 11 1980
SFZC

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

Freud's Legacy: Faith in Dialogue

OSB Cam, Ego, Anger, Dream World, Commitment, Emotions
Apr 1980

Shikantaza: The Art of Just Sitting

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

Living Zen Without Images

Tenzo, Kinhin, Anger, Posture, Freedom
Apr 03 1979

Cultivating Wisdom Through Zen Practice

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

Embracing Suchness: Path to Wisdom

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

Zen and the Art of Nearness

Buddha Mind, Anger, Chanting, Mindfulness, Paramitas
Mar 03 1979

Riding Beyond Desires to Freedom

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

Awakening Through Zen's Eight Awarenesses

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

Awakening Through Zen Integration

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

Naming the Essence of Zen

Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, Continuous Practice, Love
Nov 17 1978

February 15th, 1978, Serial No. 00569

Anger, Mindfulness, Fox, Demons, Attachment
Feb 15 1978

Becoming Zen: Path to Ego-Free Harmony

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

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