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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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April 11th, 1999, Serial No. 00072, Side A

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

October 29th, 1998, Serial No. 00840

Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Continuous, Hate, Six Realms, Attachment, Soto Zen,...
Oct 29 1998

September 12th, 1998, Serial No. 00437, Side A

Vows, Obstacles, Offering, Anger, New Year, Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma...
Sep 12 1998

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

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

Forgiveness

Serial: BZ-00339B

Saturday Lecture

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

December 3rd, 1997, Serial No. 01067

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

November 8th, 1997, Serial No. 00324, Side B

Intimacy, Buddha Ancestors, Peace, Separation, training, Culture, Anger, Patience,...
Nov 08 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, Obstacles, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha...
Sep 26 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

September 20th, 1997, Serial No. 00322, Side A

American, Culture, Building, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Funeral, Silence, Greed, training...
Sep 20 1997

June 28th, 1997, Serial No. 00316, Side A

Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Oneness, Silence, Addiction,...
Jun 28 1997

June 7th, 1997, Serial No. 00365, Side B

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

June 5th, 1997, Serial No. 00536

Anger, Nirvana, Addiction, Precepts, Religion, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, Describe,...
Jun 05 1997

May 29th, 1997, Serial No. 00537

Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Observe, Bell,...
May 29 1997

May 24th, 1997, Serial No. 00364, Side B

Buddha Nature, Pure Existence, Anger, Practice Period, Karma, Renewal, Bodhisattva...
May 24 1997

May 15th, 1997, Serial No. 00539

Precepts, Offering, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Addiction...
May 15 1997

May 15th, 1997, Serial No. 01457

Precepts, Offering, Evil, Anger, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Addiction, Sixth Patriarch...
May 15 1997

1997.04.24-serial.00054

Daily Life, Happiness, Sangha, Repentance, Meditation, Vows, lecture, Don't Know...
Apr 24 1997

1997.04.22-serial.00055

Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Greed, Anger, Precepts, Meditation, Ego, Beginners,...
Apr 22 1997

February 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 00358, Side A

Berkeley Zen Center, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, War, Diversity,...
Feb 22 1997

January 26th, 1997, Serial No. 00783, Side A

Attachment, American, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Concentration, Separation,...
Jan 26 1997

December 14th, 1996, Serial No. 00781, Side A

Anger, Dream World, Separation, Conversation, Happiness, Describe, Offering, Culture...
Dec 14 1996

November 17th, 1996, Serial No. 00787, Side B

Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace...
Nov 17 1996

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