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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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I Love Zazen and Zazen Loves Me

Mindfulness, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Manjushri, Karma, Ego, Concentration,...
Sep 25 2010

Birth and Death

Birth-and-Death, Anger, Duality, Forgiveness, Impermanence, Concentration, Culture,...
Apr 24 2010

Taking Refuge

Attachment, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Hate, Soto Zen, Anger, Fox, Demons, Impermanence...
Mar 13 2010

Vashubandu Class

Serial: BZ-02084

Class 4 of 4

Subject-and-Object, Anger, Diversity, Discrimination, Building, Addiction, Ego,...
Feb 15 2010
4

Vashubandu Class

Serial: BZ-02082

Class 1 of 4

Anger, Doubt, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Religion, Subject-and-Object, Nirvana, Daily Life...
Feb 14 2010
1

Practice Not Practicing

Right Effort, Evil, Anger, Cultivation, confusion, Precepts, Instruction, Doubt,...
Feb 06 2010

Commemorating Buddha's Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-02074

Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7

Abhidharma, Genjokoan, Vasubandhu, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Anger, Nirvana,...
Dec 12 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Beyond Dharma and Dharmas

Serial: BZ-02071

Poem on Rohatsu, Rohatsu Day 4

Abhidharma, Five Skandhas, Big Mind, Discrimination, Karma, Concentration, Don't...
Dec 09 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

The Seven Factors of Realization

Serial: BZ-02069

Mindfulness, Rohatsu Day 2

Tozan, Guishan, Yunyan, Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Bell, Subject-and-Object,...
Dec 07 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

The Landscape of the Self

Attachment, Non-attachment, Ego, Anger, Hate, Composure, Patience, Bowing, Hindrances...
Aug 29 2009

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Priest, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...
Aug 08 2009

Zazen is the true reference point

Serial: BZ-02047

Put your behind on the cushion, Saturday Lecture

Drama of life, Thoughts = dream world

 

Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Precepts, Interview, confusion, Duality, Posture,...
Jun 27 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Class 3 And There Was Light

Obstacles, Anger, Happiness, Instruction, Gratitude, Passions, Continuous Practice,...
May 28 2009

More Light

Ordinary Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and Light, Transmission, Practice Period...
May 23 2009

Five Hindrances - Especially Restlessness

Concentration, Hindrances, Forgiveness, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Avalokiteshvara...
Apr 11 2009

Zen Compassion

Passions, Emotions, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Five Ranks, Hate,...
Mar 07 2009

Ryokan's Poems - Butterfly Dreams

Serial: BZ-02013

Part 1 of 2, teaching retreat

Discrimination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Enemies, Transmission, Evil, Precepts...
Jan 24 2009
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01080

Serial: BZ-01080

Rohatsu Day 4, side B

Samadhi, Mahayana, Big Mind, Ego, Posture, Anger, Demons, American, Building, Peace...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor, Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-01450

Rohatsu Day 4

Samadhi, Big Mind, Mahayana, Posture, Ego, Anger, Passions, confusion, American,...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02007

Rohatsu Day 4

Hui Neng, Posture, Ego, Samadhi, Big Mind, Mahayana, Passions, American, Peace,...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02006

Rohatsu Day 3

Hui Neng, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Liberation, Evil, Big...
Dec 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Mind, Beginners Mind

Posture, Big Mind, Practice Period, Composure, Anger, Ego, Discrimination,...
Nov 15 2008

Dizang's Weakness: Case 20, Book of Serenity; Serial No. 01162

Serial: BZ-01162

Saturday talk

Koan, Dizang, SER-20, Intimacy, Gratitude, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra, Nirvana...
Oct 04 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Being with the conditions we find ourselves in: Meeting the Tassajara fire: Serial No. 01159

Serial: BZ-01159

Saturday talk

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enemies, Building, Anger, Impermanence, Practice...
Sep 20 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising

Serial: BZ-01155A

Pratitya Samutpada, Teaching Retreat

Anger, Greed, Karma, Renunciation, Ego, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Emotions, Skandas,...
Aug 31 2008
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Fath of Delusion

Serial: BZ-01154A

Teaching Retreat

Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Karma, Four Noble Truths,...
Aug 30 2008
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Saving the Sentient Beings of our own Mind: Zen and Psychology

Serial: BZ-01151

Saturday Lecture

Dependent Origination, Emotions, Vow, Demons, Conversation, Anger, Four Noble Truths...
Aug 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Self and Sutras, Dogen; Self Beyond You and Me, Just Being You

Serial: BZ-01144

Saturday lecture

Discrimination, Practice Period, Anger, Non-discrimination, Funeral, Enemies,...
Jun 28 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #87, Right Medicine, Right Teacher: Unmon’s “Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other”

Serial: BZ-01135

Saturday lecture

Practice Period, Manjushri, Attachment, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Instruction,...
May 24 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Shuso Talk: Way Seeking Mind Part II

Serial: BZ-01132

First Friday talk

Karma, Forgiveness, Interview, Hindrances, Family Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Anger...
May 16 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen in Practice Period:

Serial: BZ-01129

Posture, Breath, Mind, One-Day Sitting

Posture, Discrimination, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Duality,...
May 04 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Spring: Two Sides and Ephemeral

Serial: BZ-01123

Saturday Lecture

Sanctuary, Impermanence, Death-and-Dying, Book of Serenity, Renewal, Anger, Ego,...
Mar 29 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

“The Dog’s Tooth” a Relic Story (Kid zendo): Alchemy and Transformation, Distinguishing Base and Precious

Serial: BZ-01120

Saturday lecture

Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Vow, Precepts, Culture, Anger, Forgiveness,...
Mar 15 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Kindness, Difficulty, and Illumination

Serial: BZ-01102B

Rohatsu Day 4

Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Hindrances, Evil, Nirvana, Hate, Building, War...
Dec 05 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

True Humility and Buddha's Practice

Serial: BZ-01101

Bare Attention and Not Anticipating, Rohatsu Day 3

Practice, Shikantaza, Humility, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Anger...
Dec 04 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramita of Patience, Kshanti: Not Repressing, Not Acting Out

Serial: BZ-01096

One Day Sitting

Patience, Mindfulness, Anger, Right Speech, Emotions, Practice Period, Non-violence,...
Nov 17 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Embodying the Paramitas

Serial: BZ-01006

Saturday Lecture

Right Effort, Concentration, Patience, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...
Oct 27 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

“Menju” (Face to Face Transmission): From Moon in a Dew Drop, Writings of Zen Master Dogen

Serial: BZ-00998B

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, Dharma...
Sep 08 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Tenzo Kyokun

Serial: BZ-00994B

Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2

Tenzo Kyokun, Ego, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Anger, Blue Cliff Record,...
Sep 02 2007
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Responding with Openness to Love and Hate

Serial: BZ-01445

And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture

Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity,...
Jun 30 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Our Approach to Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01260

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,...
Apr 17 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Contemplation in Action, Leaving the Zendo: What do You do? Everything is to Build Compassion

Serial: BZ-01425

Saturday Lecture

Demons, Happiness, Daily Life, Anger, Priest, Greed, Passions, Evil, Conversation,...
Mar 17 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Gratitude for Adversity

Serial: BZ-01400B

The Nun and the Stars, Saturday Lecture

Gratitude, Composure, Non-duality, Hate, Enemies, Continuous Practice, War, Anger...
Nov 25 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Sexuality and Intoxication

Serial: BZ-01396

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Chanting, Bodhisattva Precepts, Karma, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest...
Nov 04 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept

Serial: BZ-01048

Class 2 of 4

Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...
Nov 02 2006
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John King

Serial: BZ-01178

Saturday Lecture

Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...
Aug 12 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

The Paramita of Forebearance

Serial: BZ-01176B

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Anger, Forgiveness, Precepts, Practice Period, Patience, Hate, Karma,...
Jul 29 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

State of the World Address: Causes and Excuses

Serial: BZ-01175

Power: Manipulation Through Maintaining Chaos, Saturday Lecture

Politics, Religion, War, Peace, Evil, Emotions, Anger, Attachment, Forgiveness,...
Jul 22 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Suffering: How We Create It

Serial: BZ-01171

The Meaning of Forgiveness and How We Free Ourselves, Saturday Lecture

Suffering, Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Hate, War, Renunciation,...
Jun 24 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Chain of Dependant Co-arising; Mahayana View of Cessation

Serial: BZ-01044A

Class 5 of 5

Birth-and-Death, Passions, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life...
Jun 08 2006
5
Berkeley Zen Center

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