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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Fire, Flood, Zazen

Emotions, Monkey Mind, Composure, Mindfulness, Anger
Sep 04 2021

The Four Establishments Of Mindfulness, Part Two

Mindfulness, Anger, Four Foundations, Observe
Jul 03 2021

The Four Brahmaviharas (The Four Immeasurable Minds)

Equanimity, Peace, Anger, Ego, Happiness
Jun 12 2021

ZenTalk

Priest, Anger, Karma, Shikantaza, Delusion
Mar 06 2021

Tail Of The Ox

Anger, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lotus Sutra
Feb 13 2021

Undivided

Zoom, Duality, Silence, Forgiveness, Peace, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Anger,...
Oct 18 2020

Letting Go

Oneness, Emotions, Commitment, Book of Serenity, Five Ranks, Instruction, Posture,...
Sep 26 2020

Public Dokusan 8

Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Happiness, War, Priest, Nirvana, Conversation, Anger,...
Sep 11 2020

Public Dokusan 5

Don't Know Mind, Four Noble Truths, Anger, Duality, Interview, Building, Non-...
Jul 31 2020

Being Bodhisattvas

Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Happiness, War, Anger, Funeral, Lineage, Nirvana, Conversation...
Jul 18 2020

Closely Watched Mind 2

Emotions, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Cultivation, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination,...
Jul 07 2020

Closely Watched Mind 2

Emotions, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Cultivation, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination,...
Jul 06 2020

Public Dokusan 3

Nirvana Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Commitment, Nirvana, American, Platform Sutra...
Jul 03 2020

Dogen's Three Minds

Berkeley Zen Center, Buddha Mind, Vow, Big Mind, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way,...
May 02 2020

Notes From The Abbot

Birth-and-Death, Discrimination, Intimacy, Continuous Practice, American, Non-...
Apr 18 2020

Does Big Mind Care

Big Mind, Offering, Anger, Sangha, Vow, Lay
Jan 18 2020

Untitled Talk

Greed, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate, Anger, Renunciation, Demons, Gratitude,...
Nov 09 2019

The Practice of Patience

Patience, Constancy, Blue Cliff Record, Cultivation, Concentration, Equanimity, Anger...
Nov 02 2019

Calling Out to Hungry Ghosts

Anger
Oct 26 2019

Making a Buddha

training, Daily Life, Separation, Hate, War, Bell, Culture, Building, Anger, Priest...
Sep 20 2019

Love

Hate, Mindfulness, Big Mind, Equanimity, Duality, Monastic Practice, Interdependence...
Jun 01 2019

Four Focuses

Emotions, Gaining Mind, Mindfulness, Hindrances, Anger, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors...
Mar 30 2019

Hsin Hsin Ming

Big Mind, Hate, Duality, Anger, Hsin Hsin Ming, Addiction, Greed, Discrimination,...
Mar 16 2019

Provider of Many and Varied Opportunities To Experience and Penetrate the Arising and Cessation of Suffering

Serial: BZ-02652

Rohatsu Day 5

 

Impermanence, Anger, Mindfulness, Monkey Mind, Vow, Demons, Greed, Happiness, Birth-...
Dec 06 2018

Six Qualatative Factors as Applied to Zazen

Serial: BZ-02648

Rohatsu Day 1

 

Posture, Big Mind, Nirvana, Peace, Anger, Equanimity, stubbornness, Instruction, War...
Dec 02 2018

Precepts

Precepts, Karma, Anger, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,...
Dec 01 2018

Magnanimous View

Gaining Mind, Big Mind, Right Effort, Mindfulness, Instruction, Impermanence,...
Sep 15 2018

No Recipe

Passions, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission, Anger, Happiness, Transmission,...
Jul 21 2018

Daikan Eno and The Hundred Dharmas

Serial: BZ-02618

Sesshin Day 2

 

Repentance, Doubt, Big Mind, Anger, Karma, Greed, Ego, Heart Sutra, Sixth Patriarch,...
Jun 14 2018

Ambebkar and Buddhism

Building, training, Anger, Discrimination, Liberation, Precepts, Instruction,...
Feb 24 2018

Way-Seeking Mind Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Building, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Lineage, Sangha, Gratitude,...
2018

Giving Back Whats Not Yours

Serial: BZ-02588

Day 7

 

Happiness, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Right Effort, Composure, Ego, Big...
Dec 09 2017

Non-Duality: Freedom from Extremes

Intuition, Emotions, Non-duality, Duality, Buddha Nature, Anger, Ego, Funeral,...
Sep 16 2017

Working with Our Mind

Mindfulness, Ego, Peace, Hate, Anger, Continuous Practice, Culture, Lay
Jul 15 2017

Zazen Practice, Sei Jo Practice

Serial: BZ-02554

Sesshin Day 3

 

Separation, Precepts, Heart Sutra, Anger, Practice Period, training, Posture,...
Jun 09 2017

Precepts Class 5

Serial: BZ-02550

PP Class

Precepts, Ego, Culture, Anger, Renunciation, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Emotions, Lay...
Jun 01 2017

Precepts Class 4

Serial: BZ-02548

PP Class

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Conversation, Anger, Greed, Emotions, Evil,...
May 25 2017

Practice with Earth Day

Anger, true dharma, Attachment, Hate, Building, Avalokiteshvara, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 22 2017

Skillful Means and Anger

Anger, Greed, Four Noble Truths, Religion, Peace, Attachment, Diversity, American,...
Mar 05 2017

Zen Training

training, Buddha Nature, Ego, Soto Zen, Greed, true dharma, Oneness, Anger, Absolute-...
Feb 25 2017

Beyond Consciousness

Serial: BZ-02517

Rohatsu Day 4

 

Karma, Intuition, Anger, Composure, Precepts, Religion, Big Mind, Building
Dec 07 2016

Wheel of Life, Karmic Life, Buddhist Life

Big Mind, Karma, Emotions, Greed, Anger, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Demons,...
Dec 03 2016

Macha Politics Despair Now What

Politics, War, Sanctuary, Three Treasures, Anger, Composure, Peace, Ego, Big Mind,...
Nov 26 2016

Original Buddhism and Beyond Consciousness

Karma, Fox, Posture, Aspects of Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Mindfulness, Subject-...
Nov 19 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

Watering Seeds of Wholesomeness

Anger, Happiness, training, Diversity, Patience, Culture, Precepts, American,...
Oct 15 2016

Hsin Hsin Ming: More to Come

Serial: BZ-02484

Sesshin Day 5

 

Buddha Mind, Emotions, Attachment, Anger, Hate, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind,...
Jun 12 2016

The Way of Tenderness

Oneness, Diversity, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Anger, Dharma...
Apr 23 2016

Zen and Soul

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Anger, Right Speech, Big Mind, Greed, Hate, Ego, Karma,...
Jan 23 2016

Medicine and Science Mutual Cure

Serial: BZ-02454

 Blue Cliff Record Case 87

 

BCR-87, Anger, Duality, Manjushri, Peace, Forgiveness, War, Blue Cliff Record,...
Jan 16 2016

Dizang Planting the Fields

Serial: BZ-02452

 Case 12

 

Separation, resistance, New Year, Doubt, Peace, Passions, Anger
Jan 02 2016

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