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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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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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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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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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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August 3rd, 1996, Serial No. 00797, Side B Anger, Impermanence, Hate, American, Ordination, Chanting, Vows, Karma, Samsara,... |
Aug 03 1996 |
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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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Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,... |
Aug 14 1996 Unknown |
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August 17th, 1996, Serial No. 00795, Side B Posture, Doubt, Hindrances, uchiyama, Obstacles, Anger, Mahayana, Culture,... |
Aug 17 1996 |
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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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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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1996.09.11-serial.00084Serial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-... |
Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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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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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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1996.09.28-serial.00089 Practice Period, Study Period, Bodhisattva Way, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Patience,... |
Sep 28 1996 |
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Practicing With Afflictive EmotionsSerial: SF-02722 Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara, Offering,... |
Oct 09 1996 Unknown |
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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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November 2nd, 1996, Serial No. 00788, Side A Manjushri, Interdependence, resistance, Evil, Instruction, Anger, Gratitude, Mahayana... |
Nov 02 1996 |
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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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November 17th, 1996, Serial No. 00787, Side B Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace... |
Nov 17 1996 |
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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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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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December 14th, 1996, Serial No. 00781, Side A Anger, Dream World, Separation, Conversation, Happiness, Describe, Offering, Culture... |
Dec 14 1996 |
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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, Oneness, Chanting... |
Jan 15 1997 Unknown |
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January 26th, 1997, Serial No. 00783, Side A Attachment, American, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Concentration, Separation,... |
Jan 26 1997 |
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February 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 00358, Side A Berkeley Zen Center, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, War, Diversity,... |
Feb 22 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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1997.04.24-serial.00054 Daily Life, Happiness, Sangha, Repentance, Meditation, Vows, lecture, Don't Know... |
Apr 24 1997 |
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Think Neither Good Nor Bad Sangha, resistance, Suzuki Roshi, Anger, Nirvana, Offering, Describe, Lay, confusion... |
Apr 30 1997 Unknown |
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May 15th, 1997, Serial No. 00539 Precepts, Offering, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Addiction... |
May 15 1997 |
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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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May 24th, 1997, Serial No. 00364, Side B Buddha Nature, Pure Existence, Anger, Practice Period, Karma, Renewal, Bodhisattva... |
May 24 1997 |
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May 29th, 1997, Serial No. 00537 Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Observe, Bell,... |
May 29 1997 |
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June 5th, 1997, Serial No. 00536 Anger, Nirvana, Addiction, Precepts, Religion, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, Describe,... |
Jun 05 1997 |
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June 7th, 1997, Serial No. 00365, Side B Anger, Practice Period, resistance, Demons, Interdependence, Emotions, Conversation,... |
Jun 07 1997 |
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June 28th, 1997, Serial No. 00316, Side A Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Oneness, Silence, Addiction,... |
Jun 28 1997 |
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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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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 - 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, Describe, Funeral, Anger... |
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 - 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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September 20th, 1997, Serial No. 00322, Side A American, Culture, Building, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Funeral, Silence, Greed, training... |
Sep 20 1997 |
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Recognizing EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Obstacles, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha... |
Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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November 8th, 1997, Serial No. 00324, Side B Intimacy, Buddha Ancestors, Peace, Separation, training, Culture, Anger, Patience,... |
Nov 08 1997 |
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December 3rd, 1997, Serial No. 01067 Mindfulness, Right Effort, Concentration, American, Dependent Origination, Don't... |
Dec 03 1997 |
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ForgivenessSerial: BZ-00339B Saturday Lecture Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Anger, Buddha Nature, New Year, Karma, confusion, Samsara,... |
Dec 13 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Emotions, resistance, Practice Period, Vows, Separation, Anger, Daily Life, Doubt,... |
Jan 07 1998 City Center |
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Bodhisattva Ceremony: RepentanceSerial: BZ-00340A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Repentance, Forgiveness, Priest, Evil,... |
Jan 10 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Self, No-SelfSerial: BZ-00340B Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Impermanence, Happiness, Patience, Greed, Anger... |
Jan 18 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Non-discrimination, Observe, Dana, realization, Emptiness, Discrimination... |
Jan 24 1998 City Center |