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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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Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00830B

Saturday Lecture

Metta Sutta, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Peace, Nirvana, Gratitude,...
Jul 01 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Letting Go of Preconceptions

Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...
May 20 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #45

Fundraising, Intimacy, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, Mindfulness, Emotions, Anger,...
May 13 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Shantideva Class

Anger, Patience, Enthusiasm, Emotions, Letting Go, Right Speech, Happiness, Zazen,...
May 09 1995
Unknown

Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk

Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
May 08 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Shantideva Class

Anger, Enemies, Letting Go, Renunciation, Happiness, Concentration, Patience,...
May 02 1995
Unknown

Shantideva Class

Serial: SF-03200

Practice of Morality/Ethics

Mindfulness, Doubt, Enemies, Emotions, Discrimination, Anger, Don't Know Mind,...
Apr 25 1995
Unknown

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Gratitude, Lay...
Mar 28 1995

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Delusion, confusion, Freedom, Sangha, Silence, Anger, Hate
Mar 27 1995

Dragons

Dragons, Anger, Precepts, Building, Attachment, Samadhi, confusion
Mar 25 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00764

Class 9 of 10

Anger, Emotions, Happiness, Ego, Karma, Greed, Duality, Enemies, Bell
Mar 16 1995
9
Tassajara

Delusion

Emotions, Posture, Hate, Greed, confusion, Anger, Culture, Instruction
Feb 19 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Celibacy and Compassion in Community

Serial: NC-00110

Archival Photo, Lecture #5

OSB Cam, Compassion, Commitment, Anger, Balance, Fox
Jan 27 1995
4 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Balancing Identity: Independence Meets Interdependence

Serial: NC-00107

Archival Photo, Lecture #1

OSB Cam, Ego, Anger, Hate, Separation
Jan 23 1995
1 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Vastness of Bodhisattva Vow and Peculiarities in Personalities and Practice

Serial: BZ-00946A

Lecture

Peace, Repentance, Vow, Greed, Hate, Anger, Silence, Offering, Precepts
Jan 21 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Camaldolese Spirituality: General Historical Overview / Implications

Serial: NC-00017

Part of "Romualdian/Camaldolese/Benedictine Spirituality"

3. General Historical Overview / Implications

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Money, War, Anger, Intention
1995
3 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Silence, Watchfulness, Purity of Heart / Jesus Prayer: Prayer of Mind-in-Heart

Serial: NC-00013

Session 1 & 2 of "Hesychia: Inner Silence and the Jesus Prayer"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Hesychia, Jesus Prayer, Prayer of the Heart, Demons, Sanctuary, Mindfulness...
1995
1 of 2
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Bendowa II: Jijuyu Samadhi, Faith and Doubt

Serial: BZ-00953B

Rohatsu Day 2

Commitment, Doubt, Samadhi, Sangha, Anger, Happiness, Evil, Posture, Building...
Dec 05 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Renunciation

Serial: BZ-00956A

Saturday Lecture

Renunciation, Anger, Renunciation, Nirvana, Ego, Daily Life, Greed, Right Effort,...
Oct 29 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Contemplative Prayer

Serial: NC-00929

Contemplative Prayer class

Anger, Enemies, Zazen, Hindrances, Dragons
Sep 21 1994
4 of 7
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Contemplative Prayer

Serial: NC-00926

Contemplative Prayer class

Emotions, Enemies, Funeral, Anger, Duality
Sep 06 1994
1 of 7
New Camaldoli Hermitage

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00937A

Beginners' sitting

Hindrances, Anger, Doubt, Emotions, Bowing, Passions, Culture, Peace
Aug 14 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Birth-and-Death, Monkey Mind, Vow, Attachment, Posture, Impermanence, Buddha...
Jul 10 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Heroes, Shadows and O J Simpson

Serial: BZ-00941B

Lecture

Composure, Hate, American, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, Interview, Evil, Anger, Vow...
Jul 09 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Foundations of Mindfulness #3

Serial: BZ-00944

Sesshin Day 3

Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Equanimity, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Daily Life,...
Jun 10 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Perfection of Wisdom

Serial: BZ-00230

Class 3 of 5

Perfect Wisdom, Six Realms, Evil, Nirvana, Constancy, Right Effort, Lotus Sutra,...
Apr 07 1994
3
Berkeley Zen Center

The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism

Serial: SF-00135

Lecture Series

New Year, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Diversity, Continuous Practice,...
Apr 05 1994
7
City Center

Perfection of Wisdom

Serial: BZ-00229

Class 2 of 5

Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right...
Mar 31 1994
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Feelings

Serial: BZ-00050B

Sesshin Day 4

Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture,...
Mar 27 1994
Tassajara

Full Awareness of Breathing; On illuminating Thoughts

Serial: BZ-00736

Sesshin Day 4

Posture, Anger, Observe, Intuition, Concentration, Enemies, Discrimination, Daily...
Mar 27 1994
Tassajara

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00550

Class 8 of 10

Five Ranks, Attachment, Subject-and-Object, Commitment, Ego, Sixth Patriarch, Duality...
Mar 19 1994
8
Tassajara

Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis

Serial: BZ-00964A

Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2

Madyamika, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...
Mar 13 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen Practice: Intention; Getting to Zendo and Seeing Reality

Serial: BZ-00965A

Lecture

Family Practice, Posture, Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Sangha, Anger,...
Mar 05 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The Arts

Serial: SF-00008

Lecture Series

New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Emptiness, Lineage, Anger, Suzuki Roshi,...
Feb 01 1994
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Ordinary Mind, Faith, Anger, Impermanence, Humility, Greed, Commitment, Letting Go,...
Jan 30 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Mindwaves, Unconsciousness: Taking the Posture Not One, Not Two

Serial: BZ-00981A

One day sitting

Karma, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Anger,...
Jan 22 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Gateways to Liberation: Dogen’s “Plum Blossoms” and Oryoki

Serial: BZ-00660A

Lecture

Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture, Anger, Oneness,...
Nov 13 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Nagarajuna and Dogen on Buddhanature

Serial: BZ-00659B

Happiness, Reward, and Love, One-Day Sitting

Buddha Nature, Happiness, Love, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life...
Nov 07 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi: Cultivating the Empty Field

Serial: BZ-00656B

The Backward Step, The Upright Cauldron, Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Silent Illumination, Pure Existence, Anger, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student...
Oct 09 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Mind and Heart of Practice in Daily Life

Serial: BZ-00627B

Lecture

Oneness, Anger, Enemies, Lineage, Evil, Hate, Precepts, Posture, Religion
Aug 28 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Mind and Body in Zen and Yoga Practice

Serial: BZ-00627A

Lecture

Posture, Concentration, Instruction, Anger, Lay, Duality, Beginners, Sangha, Dragons...
Aug 21 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukan Zazen-gi: Dust and Cataracts are the Flowers of Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00654A

Lecture

Anger, Instruction, Emotions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration,...
Jul 24 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Zuigan's Wake Up Call

Serial: BZ-00668A

Saturday Lecture

Zuigan, War, Greed, Daily Life, Oneness, Hate, Offering, Doubt, Anger, Karma, Ego...
Jul 10 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Zazengi II

Serial: BZ-00652A

Sesshin Day 3

Fukanzazengi, Concentration, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Samadhi, Daily...
Jun 11 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Fukanaazengi: Zazen Instructions

Serial: BZ-00653A

Sesshin Day 1

Fukanzazengi, Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Anger, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Jun 09 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddhism and American Culture

Emptiness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Samadhi, Emotions, Freedom, Four Noble Truths,...
May 03 1993
City Center

Introduction to Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00270

Class 6 of 6

Four Noble Truths, Enemies, Mahayana, Impermanence, Anger, Attachment, Monastic...
Apr 22 1993
6
Berkeley Zen Center

Non-Attachment as Distinct from Detachment

Serial: BZ-00662B

One-Day Sitting

Non-attachment, Attachment, Peace, Commitment, Passions, Pure Existence, Observe,...
Apr 10 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness: the Satipattana Sutra

Serial: BZ-00662A

Lecture

Mindfulness, Observe, Daily Life, Separation, Concentration, Posture, Duality,...
Mar 27 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00263

Class 1 of 6

Four Noble Truths, Culture, Nirvana, Religion, Karma, Enthusiasm, Anger, Hindrances,...
Mar 11 1993
1
Berkeley Zen Center

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