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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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Surangama Sutra Class

Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Practice Period, Faith, Three Treasures, Emptiness,...
May 16 2000
Green Gulch

Sesshin Lecture

Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Three Treasures, Buddha Mind,...
Apr 15 2000
Green Gulch

Ignoring and Being Ignored

Serial: BZ-00208B

Women's sesshin lecture

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

Joshu Asks: “Use or Be Used”

Serial: BZ-00206B

Sesshin Day One

Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vow,...
Mar 24 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Hate, Demons, Conversation, Greed, Peace, Equanimity, Samsara,...
Mar 12 2000
Green Gulch

Wednesday Lecture

Anger, Impermanence, Zendo, Demons, Right Speech, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow...
Mar 01 2000
Green Gulch

February 21st, 2000, Serial No. 02947

Letting Go, Emptiness, Anger
Feb 21 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

Attachment and Death

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

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

Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00928

Class 7 of 8

Five Ranks, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Precious Mirror, Nirvana...
Nov 11 1999
7
Berkeley Zen Center

Precious Jewel Mirror Samadhi, 7 of 8

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Discrimination, Mandala, Subject-and-Object,...
Nov 11 1999
7 of 8
BZC

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

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 2 0f 8

Serial: BZ-00860

Fall practice period 

Precious Mirror, Samadhi, Five Ranks, Anger, vexations, five aspects, Big Mind,...
Sep 30 1999
2 of 8

Precious Mirror Samadhi, class 2 of 8

Precious Mirror, Liberation, Five Ranks, Non-duality, Samadhi, Big Mind, Precepts,...
Sep 30 1999
2 of 8
BZC

Courage and Encouragement

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

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00158B

Saturday Lecture Part 7 of 8

Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice...
Jul 17 1999
7
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

Diversity, Wisdom & Kindness

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

Suzuki Roshi: His Way as Others Told Me

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

Seccho and Her Spirit are Separated

Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Chanting, Sangha, Aspects of Practice, Transmission...
Apr 11 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Church as Mystery, Beyond Institution

Serial: NC-00153

Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 2 - 1990s

OSB Cam, stubbornness, Liberation, Diversity, Concentration, Anger
Feb 11 1999

Dynamic Rhythms of Spiritual Life

Silence, Enthusiasm, Anger
Jan 27 1999
Mt. Saviour Monastery

Soul's Journey in Nature's Wilderness

Anger, Demons
Jan 26 1999
Mt. Saviour Monastery

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Precepts, Dragons, Six Realms, Liberation, Ceremony, Forgiveness,...
Nov 29 1998
Green Gulch

Dogen’s Guidelines for Studying the Way

Serial: BZ-00840

Part 1 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Continuous Practice, Hate, Six Realms, Attachment,...
Oct 29 1998
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Events in the World

Serial: SF-03134

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Hate, Peace, Passions, Greed, Samsara, Funeral, Cultivation, Don't Know...
Oct 18 1998
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting...
Oct 04 1998
Green Gulch

Keeping Precepts: Vows

Vow, Obstacles, Offering, Anger, New Year, Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma...
Sep 12 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Shodoka:Song of Enlightenment (Pt.1)

Serial: BZ-00436B

Sesshin Day 1

Shodoka, Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Karma, Equanimity, Subject-and-...
Sep 05 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Composure, Posture, Balance, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Silence, Freedom, Observe...
Aug 22 1998
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,...
Jul 12 1998
Green Gulch

Wednesday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Chanting, Funeral, Conversation, Precepts, Anger,...
Jul 01 1998
Green Gulch

Spring Sesshin

Serial: SF-02728

Thursday

Emptiness, Zazen, uchiyama, Letting Go, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction
Mar 26 1998
Unknown

Embracing Humility to Combat Sin

Anger, Humility, Passions
Mar 16 1998
Mt. Saviour Monastery

Lenten Pilgrimage: Journey to Humility

Humility, Anger, Peace
Mar 15 1998
Mt. Saviour Monastery

Self, No-Self

Serial: BZ-00340B

Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Impermanence, Happiness, Patience, Greed, Anger...
Jan 18 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhisattva Ceremony: Repentance

Serial: BZ-00340A

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Repentance, Forgiveness, Priest, Evil,...
Jan 10 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

1998, Serial No. 02900

Anger, Lovingkindness, Hate
1998

1998, Serial No. 02901

Love, Anger, Compassion
1998

1998, Serial No. 02902

Anger, Love, Lovingkindness
1998

Forgiveness

Serial: BZ-00339B

Saturday Lecture

Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Anger, Buddha Nature, New Year, Karma, confusion, Samsara,...
Dec 13 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Rigth Concentration

Serial: BZ-01067

Rohatsu Day 3

Mindfulness, Right Effort, Concentration, American, Dependent Origination, Don't...
Dec 03 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Intimacy

Intimacy, Buddha Ancestors, Peace, Separation, training, Culture, Anger, Patience,...
Nov 08 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

October 21st, 1997, Serial No. 02880

Anger, Karma, Patience
Oct 21 1997

Blue Cliff Record: Case #48

Serial: BZ-00323A

Fish In Net, Saturday Lecture

BCR-48, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Lay, Ego, Rinzai, Interview, Observe...
Oct 04 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Recognizing Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00322B

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha Nature,...
Sep 26 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Unlearning Racism: They are our Children

American, Culture, Building, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Funeral, Silence, Greed, training...
Sep 20 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Oneness,...
Jun 28 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice and the Emotions: Anger

Anger, Practice Period, resistance, Demons, Interdependence, Emotions, Conversation,...
Jun 07 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

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