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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The Monastic TraditionSerial: SF-00132 Monastic experience across religious traditions. Silence, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Echo, Religion, Bell,... |
Feb 26 1973 2 |
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December 7th, 1972, Serial No. 00359 Birth-and-Death, Hate, Nirvana, Anger, Evil, Obstacles, Precepts, Happiness,... |
Dec 07 1972 |
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November 7th, 1972, Serial No. 00357 Consciousness, Suffering, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, Silence,... |
Nov 07 1972 |
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October 8th, 1972, Serial No. 00338 Triple Treasure, realization, Religion, Hate, Anger, confusion |
Oct 08 1972 |
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October 1972 talk, Serial No. 00340 Don't Know Mind, Silence, Lay, Delusion, Anger, Emotions, Hate |
Oct 1972 |
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August 8th, 1972, Serial No. 00246 Patience, realization, Pain, Triple Treasure, Suffering, Enemies, Hate, Chanting,... |
Aug 08 1972 |
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1972, Serial No. 00238 Consciousness, Greed, Discrimination, Building, Nirvana, Describe, Community, Buddha... |
Mar 1972 |
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Allen Ginsberg and MusiciansSerial: SF-00105 Musical event. Attachment, Instruction, Obstacles, Offering, Vows, Anger, Religion |
Feb 22 1972 1 City Center |
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February 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00193 Attachment, Posture, Anger, Describe, Religion |
Feb 04 1972 |
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October 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00061 Precepts, stubbornness, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Pain, Mindfulness, Greed,... |
Oct 03 1971 |
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October 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00062 Precepts, stubbornness, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Pain, Mindfulness, Tassajara,... |
Oct 03 1971 |
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September 23rd, 1971, Serial No. 00276 Precepts, Silence, Suffering, Bell, Delusion, Zendo, Obstacles, Dragons, Anger,... |
Sep 23 1971 |
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Questions and AnswersQuestion-and-Answer, Yakusan, Truth, Community, Breath, Anger, Freedom, Faith... |
Aug 08 1971 Tassajara |
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Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of DustBlue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,... |
Jul 26 1971 Tassajara |
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Universal Practice for Laymen and MonksSerial: SR-00175 Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson,... Practice, Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Mind, Faith, Truth,... |
Jul 25 1971 Tassajara |
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Manifested Three TreasuresPrecepts, Precepts, Emptiness, Priest, Anger, American, Sangha, lecture, Enemies,... |
Jul 06 1971 City Center |
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June 1971 talk, Serial No. 00302 Meditation, difficulty, Anger, Happiness, Composure, American, Fox, Passions, Hate,... |
Jun 1971 |
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March 30th, 1971, Serial No. 00318 Dragons, lecture, Delusion, resistance, Anger, Suffering |
Mar 30 1971 |
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The Driver Anger, difficulty, Karma, Freedom, Tassajara, Peace, confusion, Posture, Pain, War... |
Feb 27 1971 City Center |
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Resuming Big MindSerial: SR-00272 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 [”For this seven-day sesshin, there are only transcriptions for lectures given on Days 1, 3, 5,... Sesshin, Big Mind, Hate, stubbornness, Zoom, sitting, Zazen, Anger, Ceremony, heart,... |
Feb 05 1971 City Center |
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October 3rd, 1970, Serial No. 00222 Patience, Delusion, lecture, American, Breath, Anger, Emotions, Building, Ego,... |
Oct 03 1970 |
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September 27th, 1970, Serial No. 00174 Birth-and-Death, Vows, Silence, Fasting, Anger, Lay, Community, Delusion, Religion,... |
Sep 27 1970 |