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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Egolessness

Serial: BZ-00063B

Rohatsu Day 6

Ego, Precepts, Ego, Observe, Anger, Chanting, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Vinaya,...
Dec 07 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86

Serial: BZ-00064B

Rohatsu Day 4

BCR-86, Meal Serving, Samadhi, Ego, Big Mind, Addiction, Chanting, Precepts, Religion...
Dec 05 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

2001.10.09-serial.00086

Dragons, Instruction, Culture, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, lecture, Anger, Buddha...
Oct 09 2001

September 30th, 2001, Serial No. 00092, Side B

Bodhisattva Vow, Aspects of Practice, Vows, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period,...
Sep 30 2001

Yogacara Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00088B

Four Unfixed Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1

Yogachara, Birth-and-Death, Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Study Period,...
Sep 01 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

One Hundred Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00087A

Saturday Lecture

Anger, Ego, Greed, Patience, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Mandala, Skandas, confusion,...
Aug 11 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

August 4th, 2001, Serial No. 00087, Side B

Beginners, Culture, Bell, Aspects of Practice, resistance, Daily Life, Posture, Anger...
Aug 04 2001

2001.07.25-serial.00073

Serial: SF-00073

Wednesday night.

Anger, Mill Valley, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Hate,...
Jul 25 2001

Ten Beneficial Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00084A

Saturday Lecture

Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth...
Jul 21 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Totally Grounded

Serial: BZ-00106A

Sesshin Day 4

First Principle, Samadhi, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Anger, Karma,...
Jun 23 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Breath

Serial: BZ-00101A

Saturday Lecture

Breath, Maylie Scott, Daily Life, Liberation, Harmonizing, Practice Period, Don'...
May 19 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Three Natures

Serial: BZ-00099B

Saturday Lecture

Pure Existence, Daily Life, Big Mind, Two Truths, Discrimination, Ego, confusion,...
Mar 24 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

2001.03.02-serial.00050

Subject-and-Object, Diversity, Politics, Ego, confusion, Anger, Culture
Mar 02 2001

Essence of Mind & the Five Hinderances

Serial: BZ-00130A

One-Day Sitting

Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha...
Feb 19 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

2001.02.03-serial.00090

Posture, training, Anger
Feb 03 2001

January 27th, 2001, Serial No. 00129, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Discrimination, Anger, Karma, Happiness, Describe, Evil, Nirvana...
Jan 27 2001

November 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00124, Side A

Practice Period, Giving-and-Taking, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, soto, Building,...
Nov 25 2000

How Love Drives the World

Serial: BZ-00122B

Saturday Lecture

Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation...
Nov 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Abhidharma, Six Factors, Two Aspects

Serial: BZ-00121B

Saturday Lecture

Abhidharma, Intuition, Practice Period, Composure, Hate, Building, Anger, Samadhi,...
Oct 28 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916

Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vows,...
Oct 07 2000

September 23rd, 2000, Serial No. 00917

Offering, Attachment, Passions, Anger, Karma, Nirvana, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence,...
Sep 23 2000

The Sixth Precept "No Fault Finding"

Serial: BZ-00059

Saturday Lecture

Sixth Precept, Precepts, Big Mind, Anger, Hate, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Daily...
Jul 15 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

April 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 00208, Side B

Anger, Culture, Impermanence, Ego, Intimacy, Enemies, Observe, Conversation, Hate,...
Apr 02 2000

March 24th, 2000, Serial No. 00206, Side B

Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vows,...
Mar 24 2000

Buddha's Parinirvana/His Last Teaching

Serial: BZ-00204A

The 8 Awarenesses of an Enlightened Being, Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Enlightenment, Eight Awarenesses, Anger, Samadhi,...
Feb 19 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

February 5th, 2000, Serial No. 00203

Impermanence, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Practice Period, Tassajara,...
Feb 05 2000

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00202B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Anger, Duality, Branching Streams, Composure, Happiness...
Jan 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

November 11th, 1999, Serial No. 00928

Five Ranks, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Precious Mirror, Nirvana...
Nov 11 1999

November 11th, 1999, Serial No. 01547

Discrimination, Mandala, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Precious Mirror, Nirvana...
Nov 11 1999

Marathon Practice of Intention

Serial: BZ-00199B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Intention, Renunciation, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Zazen Mind,...
Nov 06 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

September 30th, 1999, Serial No. 00860

Precious Mirror, Big Mind, Liberation, Five Ranks, Describe, Samadhi, Nirvana Sutra,...
Sep 30 1999

September 30th, 1999, Serial No. 01542

Precious Mirror, Big Mind, Liberation, Five Ranks, Describe, Non-duality, Samadhi,...
Sep 30 1999

July 24th, 1999, Serial No. 00157, Side A

Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Karma, Ego, Intimacy, Passions, Evil, Bell...
Jul 24 1999

Genjokoan (Pt. 7/8)

Serial: BZ-00158B

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice...
Jul 17 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

July 17th, 1999, Serial No. 00674, Side A

Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice, Heart...
Jul 17 1999

May 1st, 1999, Serial No. 00074, Side A

Culture, Hindrances, Berkeley Zen Center, American, Doubt, training, Mindfulness,...
May 01 1999

April 24th, 1999, Serial No. 00073, Side B

Priest, Culture, War, American, Precepts, Religion, Peace, Emotions, Anger, Rinzai...
Apr 24 1999

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