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 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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Blue Cliff Record: Case #48Serial: 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 |
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Recognizing EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha Nature,... |
Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unlearning Racism: They are our Children American, Culture, Building, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Funeral, Silence, Greed, training... |
Sep 20 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dharma Talk - TuesdaySerial: SF-04812 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Happiness, Sangha, Aspects of Practice, Mindfulness, Forgiveness, Peace, Daily Life,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Dharma Talk - WednesdaySerial: SF-04818 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Mindfulness, Anger, Happiness, Peace, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Freedom... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Transmissions of the Mindfulness TrainingsSerial: SF-04814 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living training, Mindfulness, Happiness, Gratitude, Sangha, Daily Life, Anger, Peace,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Dharma Talk - SaturdaySerial: SF-04821 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Birth-and-Death, Happiness, Sangha, Lay, Balance, New Year, Funeral, Anger, Daily... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Deep Relaxation - 5 Touchings of the EarthSerial: SF-04819 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Peace, Discrimination, Anger, Family Practice, Hate, Happiness, Emotions, Freedom,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Heart Sutra Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Oneness,... |
Jun 28 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice and the Emotions: Anger Anger, Practice Period, resistance, Demons, Interdependence, Emotions, Conversation,... |
Jun 07 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00536 Class 5 of 6 Anger, Nirvana, Addiction, Precepts, Religion, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, American,... |
Jun 05 1997 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00537 Class 4 of 6 Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Observe, Bell,... |
May 29 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Anger, Failure and Pure Existence Buddha Nature, Pure Existence, Anger, Practice Period, Karma, Renewal, Bodhisattva... |
May 24 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00539 Class 2 of 6 Precepts, Offering, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Addiction... |
May 15 1997 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 15th, 1997, Serial No. 01457 Precepts, Offering, Evil, Anger, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Addiction, Sixth Patriarch... |
May 15 1997 |
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Think Neither Good Nor Bad Sangha, resistance, Suzuki Roshi, Anger, Nirvana, Offering, Lay, confusion, Peace... |
Apr 30 1997 Unknown |
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1997.04.24-serial.00054 Daily Life, Happiness, Sangha, Repentance, Meditation, Vow, lecture, Don't Know... |
Apr 24 1997 |
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1997.04.22-serial.00055 Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Greed, Anger, Precepts, Meditation, Ego, Beginners,... |
Apr 22 1997 |
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Moment to Moment Awareness Berkeley Zen Center, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, War, Diversity,... |
Feb 22 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Stories and their Significance Attachment, American, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Concentration, Separation,... |
Jan 25 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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IntimacySerial: SF-02725 Sesshin #1 (Post-it note from Lou "Do you have a tape player? I'd like to check this one more time") Intimacy, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Separation, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Jan 15 1997 Unknown |
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Getting Caught in the Dream Anger, Dream World, Separation, Conversation, Happiness, Offering, Culture, Building... |
Dec 14 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Be Completely Who You AreSerial: SF-02709B Rohatsu Sesshin Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Anger, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony |
Dec 05 1996 Unknown |
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Expounding the Dharma with This BodySerial: SF-02710A Rohatsu Sesshin Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Gratitude, Observe, Balance, Anger |
Dec 02 1996 Unknown |
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Practice and Daily Life Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace... |
Nov 17 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dana & The ParamitasSerial: BZ-00788B Saturday Lecture Dana, Renunciation, Gratitude, Patience, Ego, Offering, Precepts, Attachment,... |
Nov 09 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vimalakirti Sutra: Suffering, Interdependence Manjushri, Interdependence, resistance, Evil, Instruction, Anger, Gratitude, Mahayana... |
Nov 02 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Including The UnincludedSerial: SF-03136 Sunday Lecture - life, the path as the neverending journey of inclusiom that starts with ourselves where we are now, where we have been and from there just goes deep and deeper... Forgiveness, Practice Period, Silence, Offering, Anger, Diversity, Ordination, Peace... |
Oct 13 1996 Green Gulch |
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Practicing With Afflictive EmotionsSerial: SF-02722 Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Oct 09 1996 Unknown |
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Mindful Steps on the Bodhisattva Path Practice Period, Study Period, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Patience, Birth... |
Sep 28 1996 |
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Zen and No-BenefitSerial: BZ-00116 Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Bodhidharma, Attachment, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Family... |
Sep 16 1996 Unknown Location |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #79Serial: BZ-00792B All Is One and There Is the Relative, Saturday Lecture Absolute-and-Relative, BCR-79, Evil, Intuition, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Silence,... |
Sep 14 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Awakening Compassion Through Non-DualitySerial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-... |
Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Secret Teachers In Life Who Guide UsSerial: SF-03639 Sunday Lecture Priest, Attachment, Precepts, training, Global Warming, Funeral, Balance, Anger,... |
Sep 08 1996 Green Gulch |
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How To Continue Your Practice After SesshinSerial: SF-03631 Sunday Lecture - taking our understanding, our effort, into daily life Daily Life, training, Don't Know Mind, Anger, Emotions, Impermanence, Hate,... |
Aug 25 1996 Green Gulch |
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The Postures of the Five Hindrances Posture, Doubt, Hindrances, uchiyama, Obstacles, Anger, Mahayana, Culture,... |
Aug 17 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,... |
Aug 14 1996 Unknown |
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Five HindrancesSerial: BZ-00795A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Doubt, Hindrances, true dharma, Anger, Emotions, Daily Life, Ego,... |
Aug 10 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice in the USA Anger, Impermanence, Hate, American, Ordination, Chanting, Vow, Karma, Samsara,... |
Aug 03 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Four Boundless AbodesSerial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,... |
Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Cultivating A Spiritual CuriositySerial: SF-03937 Sunday Lecture - that helps us see clearly what's in front of us - inside and outside Observe, Conversation, Happiness, Equanimity, Cultivation, Anger, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jul 07 1996 Green Gulch |
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ComposureSerial: BZ-00801A Sesshin Day 2 Composure, Composure, Anger, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
Jun 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Taking Care of Oneself, Others and Objects of the WorldSerial: SF-02752 One-day sitting - Buddhist practice is just taking care of people, objects, spaces, body and mind. Priest, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Bowing, Transmission, Buddha Mind,... |
May 18 1996 Green Gulch |
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Ordination & PreceptsSerial: BZ-00805A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Evil, Giving-and-Taking... |
Apr 27 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Work and PracticeSerial: BZ-00118 Lecture Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Continuous... |
Apr 24 1996 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #17Serial: BZ-00806A Saturday Lecture BCR-17, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, resistance, Concentration, Separation... |
Apr 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Five Hindrances Doubt, Hindrances, Attachment, Separation, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Rinzai, Anger... |
Mar 30 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vimalakirti SutraSerial: BZ-00247 Class 4 of 5 Liberation, Anger, Passions, Manjushri, Attachment, Impermanence, Lay Practice,... |
Mar 21 1996 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Angulimala StorySerial: SF-03226 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk true dharma, Enemies, Karma, Letting Go, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Daily... |
Mar 03 1996 Green Gulch |
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Dogen's Four Methods of GuidanceSerial: BZ-00814A Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, New Year, Offering, Greed, Precepts, Renunciation, Anger,... |
Dec 14 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |