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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Ordination

Serial: BZ-00958B

One-Day Sitting

Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Ordination, Anger, Bodhisattva...
Mar 15 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

February 22nd, 1992, Serial No. 00685, Side A

Vows, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Daily Life, Peace,...
Feb 22 1992

February 20th, 1992, Serial No. 00278

Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva...
Feb 20 1992

Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-00682B

Instruction

Zazen, Instruction, Priest, Bowing, Posture, Passions, Concentration, Anger,...
Jan 09 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

December 21st, 1991, Serial No. 00681, Side B

Attachment, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Way, Vows, Offering, Ego, Bodhisattva...
Dec 21 1991

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00693B

Rohatsu Day 7

Religion, Ordinary Mind, Discrimination, Duality, Don't Know Mind, Greed,...
Dec 07 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

November 21st, 1991, Serial No. 00272

Soto Zen, Concentration, Liberation, Karma, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Commitment...
Nov 21 1991

Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00730

Lecture

Continuous, Observe, Describe, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Anger, Ego, Five...
Nov 20 1991

November 16th, 1991, Serial No. 00704, Side A

Dragons, Anger, Beginners, Posture, Culture, War, Sangha, Interview, Bowing, Lineage...
Nov 16 1991

Hui-Neng's Verse to Monk and Laity

Serial: BZ-00703A

Fault Finding, One-Day Sitting

Hui Neng, Sixth Precept, Platform Sutra, Passions, Posture, Hindrances, Lay, Sixth...
Nov 04 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

1991.10.19-serial.00093

true dharma, Sangha, Gratitude, Zazen, Letting Go, Vows, Anger, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 19 1991

September 7th, 1991, Serial No. 00715, Side A

Enemies, Anger, Mahayana, Equanimity, Greed, Lovingkindness, Happiness, Peace,...
Sep 07 1991

Fear

Emptiness, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Describe, Don't Know Mind, Commitment,...
Aug 05 1991
City Center

August 3rd, 1991, Serial No. 00971, Side B

Renunciation, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Mill Valley, Four Foundations, Anger,...
Aug 03 1991

Dogen's Time-Being

Serial: BZ-00966A

Sesshin Day 1

Time-Being, Dream World, Pure Existence, Doubt, Peace, Non-discrimination, Intuition...
Jun 26 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

May 13th, 1991, Serial No. 00726

Hindrances, Addiction, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Anger, Doubt, Lay, Ego,...
May 13 1991

World Peace Through Compassion and Non-Violence

Non-violence, Peace, Religion, Happiness, Freedom, Politics, Hate, Patience, Greed,...
Apr 09 1991

February 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00264

Heart Sutra, Chanting, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Bell...
Feb 28 1991

February 21st, 1991, Serial No. 00265

Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Anger, Passions, Skandas, Four Noble Truths, causation,...
Feb 21 1991

February 7th, 1991, Serial No. 00267

Heart Sutra, Chanting, Avalokiteshvara, Monastic Practice, Lineage, Practice Period,...
Feb 07 1991

Mideast Crisis

Serial: BZ-00687B

Discussion led by Alan Senauke, Saturday Lecture

Current Events, War, Peace, Avalokiteshvara, Enemies, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Building...
Jan 12 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

January 5th, 1991, Serial No. 00687, Side A

confusion, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Evil, Aspects of Practice, Silence, Right...
Jan 05 1991

December 15th, 1990, Serial No. 00699, Side A

Concentration, Soto Zen, Instruction, Anger, Hate, Family Practice, Posture, Describe...
Dec 15 1990

Dedicate to World Peace

Serial: BZ-00696B

Starts with Ourself, Rohatsu Day 1

Peace, Anger, War, Enemies, stubbornness, Hate, Building, Emotions, Greed, Continuous...
Dec 02 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

The Eightfold Path

Serial: BZ-00695A

One-Day Sitting

Eightfold Path, Concentration, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Right...
Nov 11 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

November 3rd, 1990, Serial No. 01478

Dragons, Posture, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Karma, Hindrances, confusion,...
Nov 03 1990

Segaki

Serial: BZ-00724

Lecture

Seijiki, Birth-and-Death, Demons, Anger, Offering, Greed, Six Realms, Hate, Funeral,...
Oct 28 1990

Segaki

Serial: BZ-00496A

Saturday Lecture

Seijiki, Anger, Greed, Six Realms, Liberation, Demons, Nirvana, Equanimity, Offering...
Oct 27 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Segaki

Serial: BZ-00723

Lecture

Seijiki, Birth-and-Death, Demons, Anger, Offering, Six Realms, Greed, Hate, Funeral,...
Oct 20 1990

October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 00493, Side B

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Anger, Cultivation, Sangha, Posture, training, Obstacles,...
Oct 06 1990

Vinaya/American Vinaya

Serial: BZ-00722

Lecture

Vinaya, Precepts, Buddha Mind, American, Daily Life, Sangha, Aspects of Practice,...
Jun 12 1990

May 5th, 1990, Serial No. 00506, Side A

Anger, Demons, New Year, Passions, Commitment, Impermanence, Liberation, Greed...
May 05 1990

Earth Day

Serial: BZ-00508

Saturday Lecture

Earth Day, Precepts, Happiness, Tassajara, Buddha Nature, Dragons, Commitment, Greed...
Apr 22 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

March 25th, 1990, Serial No. 00510, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Berkeley Zen Center, Anger, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Gratitude,...
Mar 25 1990

Nirvana and Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00498A

Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana, Hate, Greed, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Four Noble...
Feb 10 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Start the New Year

Serial: BZ-00502B

Saturday Lecture

New Year, Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Daily Life, Enthusiasm, Anger, New...
Jan 06 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Fall Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00386

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Commitment, training, Priest, Daily...
Nov 05 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #7: Pt. 2

Serial: BZ-00382

"You Are, Echo", Sesshin Day 2

Echo, BCR-7, Buddha Nature, Pure Existence, Big Mind, Fox, Bodhidharma, Precepts,...
Sep 04 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

1989.07.23-serial.00082

Obstacles, Anger, Doubt, Enemies, Dana, Emotions, Observe, Bell, Vows, Instruction...
Jul 23 1989

Tokusan Brings His Bowls

Serial: BZ-00377B

Sesshin Day 4

Tokusan, Bell, Monastic Practice, Dragons, Lineage, Peace, Anger
Jun 24 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

May 27th, 1989, Serial No. 00721

Serial: BZ-00721

Lecture

Precepts, Daily Life, Cultivation, Practice Period, Emotions, Posture, Anger, Birth-...
May 27 1989

Six Factors of Consciousness

Serial: BZ-00371B

Sesshin Day 2

Consciousness, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Hindrances, Posture, Anger, Ego, Daily Life, Hate...
Mar 18 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Greed, Hate, and Delusion

Serial: BZ-00371A

Saturday Lecture

Three Poisons, Greed, Hate, Delusion, Greed, Hate, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Birth-...
Mar 11 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness of Feelings

Serial: BZ-00328

Sesshin Day 4

Four Foundations, Mindfulness, Emotions, Happiness, Enthusiasm, Don't Know Mind...
Feb 21 1989

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