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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September 19th, 2002, Serial No. 00455 confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,... |
Sep 19 2002 |
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August 3rd, 2002, Serial No. 00155, Side B Concentration, training, Posture, Anger, Beginners, resistance, Conversation,... |
Aug 03 2002 |
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VasubandhuSerial: SF-04013 Summer intensive Demons, Hindrances, Delusion, Anger, Letting Go, Zazen, Doubt, Separation, Happiness... |
Aug 01 2002 City Center |
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VasubandhuSerial: SF-04005 Summer intensive Emotions, Separation, Karma, Lineage, Delusion, Don't Know Mind, Hate, Greed,... |
Jul 28 2002 City Center |
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How to Practice as a Lay PersonSerial: BZ-00152B Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic... |
Jun 29 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Kinhin and BowingSerial: BZ-00151A Sesshin Day 3 Kinhin, Bowing, Attachment, Monastic Practice, Priest, Lay, Practice Period, Anger,... |
Jun 21 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00448 Precepts, Passions, Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Fox, Politics, Silence,... |
May 09 2002 |
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April 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00145, Side A Death-and-Dying, true dharma, Liberation, Vow, Anger, Hate, Rinzai, Enemies, Soto Zen... |
Apr 14 2002 |
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2002.03.13-serial.00070 Intimacy, Anger, Greed, Dependent Origination, confusion, Subject-and-Object,... |
Mar 13 2002 |
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2002.03.13-serial.00115D Dependent Origination, Intimacy, confusion, Anger, Subject-and-Object, Addiction,... |
Mar 13 2002 |
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2002.03.10-serial.00114C Daily Life, Anger, Meditation, Zendo, true dharma, Chanting, Emotions, Ego, Vow,... |
Mar 10 2002 |
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2002.03.09-serial.00114A Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, zen, Chanting, Greed, lecture, Sangha, Anger,... |
Mar 09 2002 |
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March 2nd, 2002, Serial No. 00140, Side A Oneness, Forgiveness, Ego, Anger, American, Enemies, Attachment, Silence, Chanting,... |
Mar 02 2002 |
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February 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00062, Side B uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Dragons,... |
Feb 09 2002 |
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ForgivenessSerial: BZ-00061B Saturday Lecture Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Evil, Attachment, Precepts, Politics,... |
Jan 26 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Striving for Divine Perfection Together Humility, Passions, Anger |
Jan 23 2002 Mt. Saviour Monastery |
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Sixth and Seventh Precepts and ContentionSerial: BZ-00066B One-Day Sitting Precepts, Anger, Precepts, stubbornness, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Attachment,... |
Jan 12 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Sacrament of the Present MomentSerial: NC-00002 Archival Photo OSB Cam, Transmission, Anger, Gratitude, Emotions, Ceremony |
2002 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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The Sacrament of the Present MomentSerial: NC-00004A Archival Photo OSB Cam, Emotions, Anger, Pain, Offering, Commitment |
2002 4 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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EgolessnessSerial: BZ-00063B Rohatsu Day 6 Ego, Precepts, Ego, Anger, Chanting, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Vinaya, Posture,... |
Dec 07 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #86Serial: BZ-00064B Rohatsu Day 4 BCR-86, Meal Serving, Samadhi, Ego, Big Mind, Addiction, Chanting, Precepts, Religion... |
Dec 05 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2001.10.09-serial.00086 Dragons, Instruction, Culture, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, lecture, Anger, Buddha... |
Oct 09 2001 |
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September 30th, 2001, Serial No. 00092, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Aspects of Practice, Vow, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period,... |
Sep 30 2001 |
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Wednesday Lecture Conversation, Enemies, Anger, Emotions, Right Speech, Cultivation, Politics,... |
Sep 19 2001 City Center |
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Yogacara DharmasSerial: BZ-00088B Four Unfixed Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Yogachara, Birth-and-Death, Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Study Period,... |
Sep 01 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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One Hundred DharmasSerial: BZ-00087A Saturday Lecture Anger, Ego, Greed, Patience, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Mandala, Skandas, confusion,... |
Aug 11 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 4th, 2001, Serial No. 00087, Side B Beginners, Culture, Bell, Aspects of Practice, resistance, Daily Life, Posture, Anger... |
Aug 04 2001 |
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Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Presence Separation, Zendo, Emotions, Silence, Offering, Anger, Hate, Peace |
Aug 04 2001 City Center |
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Walking in Beauty Through Zen FarmingSerial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Anger, Mill Valley, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing, Heart... |
Jul 25 2001 |
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Ten Beneficial DharmasSerial: BZ-00084A Saturday Lecture Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth... |
Jul 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Totally GroundedSerial: BZ-00106A Sesshin Day 4 First Principle, Samadhi, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Anger, Karma, Demons... |
Jun 23 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Global Warming, training, Impermanence, Anger, Cultivation, resistance... |
Jun 03 2001 Green Gulch |
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BreathSerial: BZ-00101A Saturday Lecture Breath, Maylie Scott, Daily Life, Liberation, Harmonizing, Practice Period, Don'... |
May 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Three NaturesSerial: BZ-00099B Saturday Lecture Pure Existence, Daily Life, Big Mind, Two Truths, Discrimination, Ego, confusion,... |
Mar 24 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Monastic Voices in Communal Prayer Anger, Priest, Consciousness |
Mar 11 2001 Mt. Saviour Monastery |
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2001.03.02-serial.00050 Subject-and-Object, Diversity, Politics, Ego, confusion, Anger, Culture |
Mar 02 2001 |
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Essence of Mind & the Five HinderancesSerial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha... |
Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2001.02.03-serial.00090 Posture, training, Anger |
Feb 03 2001 |
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January 27th, 2001, Serial No. 00129, Side B Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Discrimination, Anger, Karma, Happiness, Evil, Nirvana,... |
Jan 27 2001 |
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Hindrances: Fear Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go, Dana, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Dec 03 2000 City Center |
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November 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00124, Side A Practice Period, Giving-and-Taking, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Soto Zen, Building... |
Nov 25 2000 |
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How Love Drives the WorldSerial: BZ-00122B Saturday Lecture Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation... |
Nov 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Abhidharma, Six Factors, Two AspectsSerial: BZ-00121B Saturday Lecture Abhidharma, Intuition, Practice Period, Composure, Hate, Building, Anger, Samadhi,... |
Oct 28 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916 Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vow,... |
Oct 07 2000 |
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September 23rd, 2000, Serial No. 00917 Offering, Attachment, Passions, Anger, Karma, Nirvana, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence,... |
Sep 23 2000 |
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The Sixth Precept "No Fault Finding"Serial: BZ-00059 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Big Mind, Anger, Hate, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Daily Life, Non-duality... |
Jul 15 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Letting Go, Embracing Unity Practice Period, Forgiveness, Right Speech, Precepts, Emotions, resistance, Evil,... |
Jun 17 2000 City Center |
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Surangama Sutra Class Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Practice Period, Faith, Three Treasures, Emptiness,... |
May 16 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Three Treasures, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Ignoring and Being IgnoredSerial: BZ-00208B Women's sesshin lecture Anger, Culture, Impermanence, Ego, Intimacy, Enemies, Observe, Conversation, Hate,... |
Apr 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |