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Anger Talks

Anger, also known as wrath (UK: ROTH; US: RATH) 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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Heart Sutra: Dealing with a Problematic Public Library Patron

Serial: BZ-01236D

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...
May 20 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Dharmas, Skandas and 18 Emptinesses

Serial: BZ-01041A

Class 2 of 5

Karma, Ego, Skandas, Nirvana, Duality, Dependent Origination, Interdependence, Buddha...
May 18 2006
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra in Everyday Life, from Shuso, Gentle Rain, Dharma Blossom

Serial: BZ-01234

Monday morning Talk

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Heart Sutra, Practice Position, Commitment,...
May 08 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Finding Your Own Middle Way: Dharma and the Enneagram

Serial: BZ-01223

Teaching Retreat

Happiness, Passions, Commitment, Emotions, Obstacles, Anger, Addiction, Ego, Samadhi...
Mar 19 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

March 2nd, 2006, Serial No. 03292

Yoga, Impermanence, Anger
Mar 02 2006

Right Speech

Serial: BZ-01219

Saturday Lecture

Right Speech, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Commitment, Liberation, Happiness,...
Feb 25 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

2006.02.03-serial.00120

Anger, Happiness, Gratitude, Dragons, Attachment, Chanting, Greed, Enemies, Sangha,...
Feb 03 2006

2006.01.30-serial.00170A

Passions, Gratitude, Instruction, Freedom, Sangha, Attachment, Anger, Offering...
Jan 30 2006

Alive or Dead?

Serial: SF-01147

Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what...

Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind,...
Jan 29 2006
Green Gulch Farm

The Eight Attributes of an Enlightened Being

Serial: BZ-01209

Reading from Dogen, Saturday Lecture

Eight Aspects, Dogen, Eight Awarenesses, Big Mind, Greed, Samadhi, Anger, Hindrances...
Jan 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

“Calmness of Mind” from Not Always So

Serial: BZ-01039A

Class 4 of 4

Anger, Attachment, American, Ego, Interview, Chanting, Concentration, Bell, Offering...
Nov 17 2005
4
Berkeley Zen Center

November 13th, 2005, Serial No. 03254

Evil, Letting Go, Anger
Nov 13 2005

November 12th, 2005, Serial No. 03253

Anger, Forgiveness, Doubt
Nov 12 2005

Zendo Lecture

Serial: SF-01001

Tanto talk

Anger, Practice, Suffering
Oct 23 2005
Tassajara

Saving Sentient Beings of Your Own Mind

Serial: BZ-01191

Review of Sojun's List of Mental Formations, Saturday Lecture

Gaining Mind, Anger, Buddha Nature, Vow, Forgiveness, Intuition, Emotions,...
Oct 01 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing Enlightenment Through Meditative Surrender

Serial: RB-01646C

Seminar_Somatic_Space

Practice, Anger, Consciousness
Sep 2005
Johanneshof

Mindful Integration: Zen in Therapy

Serial: RB-01633E

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Practice, Anger, Consciousness
Jun 2005
Kassel

Zen and the Therapeutic Mind

Serial: RB-01633F

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Consciousness, Practice, Anger
Jun 2005
Kassel

Intersection of Enlightenment and Delusion (Kid Zendo)

Serial: BZ-01324

Saturday Lecture

Discrimination, Peace, Instruction, American, Anger, Greed, confusion, Religion...
May 21 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-01321

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...
May 07 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness Without Interference: Zen Insights

Serial: RB-03230

Seminar_The_Four_Foundations_of_Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Practice, Anger
May 2005
Rastenberg

Teacher-Student Relationships

Serial: BZ-00599

Hierarchy, Sesshin Day 5

Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Anger, Intimacy, Practice Period...
Mar 27 2005

Hierarchy

Serial: SF-03579

Sesshin 3 Day 5 Teacher-student relationship

Practice, Anger, Suzuki Roshi
Mar 27 2005
Tassajara

Zendo Lecture

Practice Period, Impermanence, Balance, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Mar 21 2005
Tassajara

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00585

Zendo Lecture

Practice Period, Impermanence, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vow, Bowing...
Mar 21 2005
Tassajara

Redemptive Surrender: Embodying Christ's Love

Anger, confusion, Repentance
Mar 15 2005
Mount Saviour Monastery

Heart Sutra: Emptiness Described Through the Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01312C

Saturday Lecture

Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,...
Mar 05 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00773

Class 5 of 12

Precepts, Intuition, Forgiveness, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative, Repentance,...
Feb 17 2005
5
Tassajara

Tozan’s Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-01307

Saturday Lecture

Five Ranks, Anger, Peace, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Lineage...
Feb 12 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Be the Boss of Everything

Serial: BZ-01299

When Everything Is Contained in Practice, Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Anger, confusion, Posture, Ego, Bodhisattva Way...
Dec 18 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being Reborn

Serial: BZ-01297

Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7

New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renewal,...
Dec 05 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

December 5th, 2004, Serial No. 01565

New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renewal,...
Dec 05 2004

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: SF-03546

Second Sesshin, Zendo Lecture day 6

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Letting Go, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Buddha's...
Nov 21 2004
Tassajara

Breath, Mind, and Consciousness Journey

Serial: RB-04073

Seminar_The_Nature_of_Mind

Consciousness, Practice, Anger
Oct 2004
Berlin

Innate Enlightenment through Mindful Breathing

Serial: RB-01630

Seminar_The_Nature_of_Mind_5

Consciousness, Practice, Anger
Oct 2004
Göttingen

Cultivating Emotional Intelligence for Connection

Serial: MS-00284

Sexuality

Humility, Anger, Intimacy
Jul 28 2004
Mount Saviour Monastery

Boundaries: Spaces for Connection

Serial: MS-00281

Sexuality

Priest, Anger, Intimacy
Jul 27 2004
Mount Saviour Monastery

Celibacy as Connection and Communion

Serial: MS-00279A

Sexuality

Intimacy, Anger, Freedom
Jul 2004
Mount Saviour Monastery

George W. Bush and a Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01263B

Saturday Lecture

Dogen, Current Events, Politics, Anger, Birth-and-Death, War, Greed, Buddha Ancestors...
May 15 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas: A Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01261

Saturday Lecture

Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,...
Apr 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Three Treasures and Six Sign-up Sheets

Serial: BZ-01364

One Day Sitting 

Sangha, Big Mind, Practice Period, Commitment, Addiction, Instruction, Emotions,...
Oct 26 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Things Change: Butch

Serial: BZ-01359

Women's Sitting

Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission...
Sep 21 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

On Death: After the Passing of Butch Balyut

Serial: BZ-01358

Saturday Lecture

Death-and-Dying, Priest, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record,...
Sep 20 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Second Factor, Investigation

Serial: BZ-00293

Class 3 of 5

Concentration, Mindfulness, Anger, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Monastic Practice,...
May 29 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness and Gathas

Serial: BZ-00136A

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Gathas, Anger, Mindfulness, Vow, Bell, Emotions, Karma, Addiction, Daily...
May 17 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Mindfulness of Body and Feelings

Serial: BZ-00294

Class 1 of 5

Mindfulness, Anger, Daily Life, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Demons, Subject-and-...
May 15 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-00983

First part of lecture children's program. Read story, "Play with Me". Impatient with world situation. Look at causes. Patience. Path of peace. Dog story. MLK Jr

Hate, Anger, Non-violence, Mill Valley, Peace, Greed, Evil, Demons, Concentration,...
Apr 06 2003
Green Gulch Farm

April 2nd, 2003, Serial No. 03104

Happiness, Anger, Pain
Apr 02 2003

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi: Bells, Lightness and Faith

Serial: BZ-00542

Class 7 of 7

Bell, Doubt, Daily Life, Attachment, Religion, Anger, Rinzai, Chanting, Mindfulness,...
Apr 01 2003
7
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00543

Class 5 of 7

Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...
Mar 30 2003
5
Chapel Hill Zen Center

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