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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May 29th, 2003, Serial No. 00293 Concentration, Mindfulness, Anger, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Monastic Practice,... |
May 29 2003 |
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Mindfulness and GathasSerial: BZ-00136A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Gathas, Anger, Mindfulness, Vows, Bell, Emotions, Karma, Addiction,... |
May 17 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 15th, 2003, Serial No. 00294 Mindfulness, Anger, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Demons, Subject-and-Object, Observe... |
May 15 2003 |
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April 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00542 Bell, Doubt, Daily Life, Attachment, Religion, Anger, Rinzai, Chanting, Mindfulness,... |
Apr 01 2003 |
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March 30th, 2003, Serial No. 00543 Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,... |
Mar 30 2003 |
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March 29th, 2003, Serial No. 00541 Birth-and-Death, Discrimination, Non-duality, Attachment, Renunciation, Anger, Daily... |
Mar 29 2003 |
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March 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00442 Humility, Samadhi, Family Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Anger,... |
Mar 01 2003 |
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March 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00464 Emotions, Anger, Equanimity, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Passions, Buddha... |
Mar 01 2003 |
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February 28th, 2003, Serial No. 00462 Anger, Ego, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe, Describe, Four Noble Truths, Greed,... |
Feb 28 2003 |
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2003.02.19-serial.00028 Continuous, training, Concentration, Liberation, Dependent Origination, Sangha,... |
Feb 19 2003 |
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2003.02.17-serial.00032 Anger, Religion, Compassion, Politics, Patience, Interview, Greed, Emotions, Freedom... |
Feb 17 2003 |
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How to Maintain Our Composure in Uncertain TimesSerial: BZ-00180A Saturday Lecture Four Foundations, Satipattana Sutra, Composure, Mindfulness, Anger, Composure,... |
Feb 02 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How Do We Deal With the Emotions and Mental States?Serial: BZ-00179 Saturday Lecture Emotions, Anger, Peace, resistance, Nirvana, Equanimity, Four Foundations,... |
Jan 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Keeping the PreceptsSerial: BZ-00177A Ocku Bhikku, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Intuition, New Year, War, Vows, Anger, Interdependence, Passions... |
Dec 14 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Everyday Life Is Like a MovieSerial: BZ-00173B The Movie and the Empty Screen, Rohatsu Day 2 Practice, Daily Life, Anger, Instruction, Posture, Emotions, Big Mind, Heart Sutra,... |
Dec 03 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00171, Side A Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay, Heart Sutra,... |
Nov 09 2002 |
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November 7th, 2002, Serial No. 00459 Peace, Chanting, Enemies, Anger, Evil, Precepts, Composure, Aspects of Practice,... |
Nov 07 2002 |
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November 2nd, 2002, Serial No. 00170, Side B Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Right Speech, Anger, Dragons, Samadhi, Liberation,... |
Nov 02 2002 |
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October 3rd, 2002, Serial No. 00457 Attachment, Impermanence, Lovingkindness, Commitment, Cultivation, Anger, Hate,... |
Oct 03 2002 |
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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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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, Vows, Anger, Hate, Echo, Rinzai, Enemies,... |
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, Vows,... |
Mar 10 2002 |
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2002.03.09-serial.00114A Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, soto, 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, 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 |