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

Mindfulness and Gathas

Serial: BZ-00136A

Saturday Lecture

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

May 15th, 2003, Serial No. 00294

Mindfulness, Anger, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Demons, Subject-and-Object, Observe...
May 15 2003

April 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00542

Bell, Doubt, Daily Life, Attachment, Religion, Anger, Rinzai, Chanting, Mindfulness,...
Apr 01 2003

March 30th, 2003, Serial No. 00543

Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...
Mar 30 2003

March 29th, 2003, Serial No. 00541

Birth-and-Death, Discrimination, Non-duality, Attachment, Renunciation, Anger, Daily...
Mar 29 2003

March 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00442

Humility, Samadhi, Family Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Anger,...
Mar 01 2003

March 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00464

Emotions, Anger, Equanimity, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Passions, Buddha...
Mar 01 2003

February 28th, 2003, Serial No. 00462

Anger, Ego, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe, Describe, Four Noble Truths, Greed,...
Feb 28 2003

2003.02.19-serial.00028

Continuous, training, Concentration, Liberation, Dependent Origination, Sangha,...
Feb 19 2003

2003.02.17-serial.00032

Anger, Religion, Compassion, Politics, Patience, Interview, Greed, Emotions, Freedom...
Feb 17 2003

How to Maintain Our Composure in Uncertain Times

Serial: BZ-00180A

Saturday Lecture

Four Foundations, Satipattana Sutra, Composure, Mindfulness, Anger, Composure,...
Feb 02 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Keeping the Precepts

Serial: BZ-00177A

Ocku Bhikku, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Precepts, Intuition, New Year, War, Vows, Anger, Interdependence, Passions...
Dec 14 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Everyday Life Is Like a Movie

Serial: 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

November 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00171, Side A

Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay, Heart Sutra,...
Nov 09 2002

November 7th, 2002, Serial No. 00459

Peace, Chanting, Enemies, Anger, Evil, Precepts, Composure, Aspects of Practice,...
Nov 07 2002

November 2nd, 2002, Serial No. 00170, Side B

Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Right Speech, Anger, Dragons, Samadhi, Liberation,...
Nov 02 2002

October 3rd, 2002, Serial No. 00457

Attachment, Impermanence, Lovingkindness, Commitment, Cultivation, Anger, Hate,...
Oct 03 2002

September 19th, 2002, Serial No. 00455

confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,...
Sep 19 2002

August 3rd, 2002, Serial No. 00155, Side B

Concentration, training, Posture, Anger, Beginners, resistance, Conversation,...
Aug 03 2002

How to Practice as a Lay Person

Serial: BZ-00152B

Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic...
Jun 29 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Kinhin and Bowing

Serial: BZ-00151A

Sesshin Day 3

Kinhin, Bowing, Attachment, Monastic Practice, Priest, Lay, Practice Period, Anger,...
Jun 21 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

May 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00448

Precepts, Passions, Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Fox, Politics, Silence,...
May 09 2002

April 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00145, Side A

Death-and-Dying, true dharma, Liberation, Vows, Anger, Hate, Echo, Rinzai, Enemies,...
Apr 14 2002

2002.03.13-serial.00070

Intimacy, Anger, Greed, Dependent Origination, confusion, Subject-and-Object,...
Mar 13 2002

2002.03.13-serial.00115D

Dependent Origination, Intimacy, confusion, Anger, Subject-and-Object, Addiction,...
Mar 13 2002

2002.03.10-serial.00114C

Daily Life, Anger, Meditation, Zendo, true dharma, Chanting, Emotions, Ego, Vows,...
Mar 10 2002

2002.03.09-serial.00114A

Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, soto, zen, Chanting, Greed, lecture, Sangha, Anger,...
Mar 09 2002

March 2nd, 2002, Serial No. 00140, Side A

Oneness, Forgiveness, Ego, Anger, American, Enemies, Attachment, Silence, Chanting,...
Mar 02 2002

February 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00062, Side B

uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, soto, Dragons,...
Feb 09 2002

Forgiveness

Serial: BZ-00061B

Saturday Lecture

Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Evil, Attachment, Precepts, Politics,...
Jan 26 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

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