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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June 3rd, 2006, Serial No. 01238

Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...
Jun 03 2006

June 1st, 2006, Serial No. 01043, Side A

Subject-and-Object, Passions, Skandas, Anger, confusion, Non-duality, Greed, Birth-...
Jun 01 2006

Worldly Life and Pure Practice

Serial: BZ-01237

Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Daily Life, Interview, Greed, Doubt...
May 27 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Dealing with a Problematic Public Library Patron

Serial: BZ-01236D

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...
May 20 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

May 18th, 2006, Serial No. 01041, Side A

Karma, Ego, Skandas, Nirvana, Duality, true dharma, Dependent Origination,...
May 18 2006

May 8th, 2006, Serial No. 01234

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Heart Sutra, Practice Position, Commitment,...
May 08 2006

March 19th, 2006, Serial No. 01223

Happiness, Passions, Commitment, Emotions, Obstacles, Anger, Addiction, Ego, Samadhi...
Mar 19 2006

February 25th, 2006, Serial No. 01219

Right Speech, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Commitment, Liberation, Happiness,...
Feb 25 2006

The Eight Attributes of an Enlightened Being

Serial: BZ-01209

Reading from Dogen, Saturday Lecture

Eight Aspects, Dogen, Eight Awarenesses, Big Mind, Greed, Samadhi, Anger, Hindrances...
Jan 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

November 17th, 2005, Serial No. 01039, Side A

training, Anger, Attachment, American, Ego, Interview, Chanting, Concentration, Bell...
Nov 17 2005

Saving Sentient Beings of Your Own Mind

Serial: BZ-01191

Review of Sojun's List of Mental Formations, Saturday Lecture

Gaining Mind, Anger, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Forgiveness, Intuition,...
Oct 01 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

May 21st, 2005, Serial No. 01324

Discrimination, Peace, resistance, Instruction, American, Anger, Greed, confusion,...
May 21 2005

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-01321

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...
May 07 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Teacher-Student Relationships

Serial: BZ-00599

Hierarchy, Sesshin Day 5

Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Anger, Intimacy, Practice Period...
Mar 27 2005

March 21st, 2005, Serial No. 00585

Practice Period, Impermanence, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vow, Bowing...
Mar 21 2005

March 5th, 2005, Serial No. 01312, Side C

Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,...
Mar 05 2005

February 17th, 2005, Serial No. 00773

Precepts, Intuition, Forgiveness, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative, Repentance,...
Feb 17 2005

February 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01307

Five Ranks, Anger, Peace, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Aspects...
Feb 12 2005

Be the Boss of Everything

Serial: BZ-01299

When Everything Is Contained in Practice, Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Anger, confusion, Posture, Ego, Bodhisattva Way...
Dec 18 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being Reborn

Serial: BZ-01297

Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7

New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renewal,...
Dec 05 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

December 5th, 2004, Serial No. 01565

New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renewal,...
Dec 05 2004

George W. Bush and a Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01263B

Saturday Lecture

Dogen, Current Events, Politics, Anger, Birth-and-Death, War, Greed, Buddha Ancestors...
May 15 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas: A Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01261

Saturday Lecture

Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,...
Apr 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Three Treasures and Six Sign-up Sheets

Serial: BZ-01364

One Day Sitting 

Sangha, Big Mind, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Commitment, Addiction,...
Oct 26 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Things Change: Butch

Serial: BZ-01359

Women's Sitting

Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission, Mindfulness,...
Sep 21 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

On Death: After the Passing of Butch Balyut

Serial: BZ-01358

Saturday Lecture

Death-and-Dying, Priest, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record,...
Sep 20 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Second Factor, Investigation

Serial: BZ-00293

Class 3 of 5

Concentration, Mindfulness, Anger, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Monastic Practice,...
May 29 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness and Gathas

Serial: BZ-00136A

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Gathas, Anger, Mindfulness, Vow, Bell, Emotions, Karma, Addiction, Daily...
May 17 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Mindfulness of Body and Feelings

Serial: BZ-00294

Class 1 of 5

Mindfulness, Anger, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Demons, Subject-and-Object, Observe...
May 15 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi: Bells, Lightness and Faith

Serial: BZ-00542

Class 7 of 7

Bell, Doubt, Daily Life, Attachment, Religion, Anger, Rinzai, Chanting, Mindfulness,...
Apr 01 2003
7
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00543

Class 5 of 7

Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...
Mar 30 2003
5
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00541

Class 3 of 7

Birth-and-Death, Discrimination, Non-duality, Attachment, Renunciation, Anger, Daily...
Mar 29 2003
3
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Enneagram and Meditation: Nine Defensive Styles of Meditation

Serial: BZ-00442

Class 4 of 4

Humility, Samadhi, Family Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Anger,...
Mar 01 2003
4
Berkeley

Enneagram and Meditation: Nine Defensive Styles of Meditation

Serial: BZ-00464

Class 3 of 4

Emotions, Anger, Equanimity, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Passions, Buddha...
Mar 01 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Enneagram and Meditation: introduction and Theory

Serial: BZ-00462

Class 1 of 4

Anger, Ego, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe, Four Noble Truths, Greed, Passions, Don...
Feb 28 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Maintain Our Composure in Uncertain Times

Serial: BZ-00180A

Saturday Lecture

Four Foundations, Satipattana Sutra, Composure, Mindfulness, Anger, Composure,...
Feb 02 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

How Do We Deal With the Emotions and Mental States?

Serial: BZ-00179

Saturday Lecture

Emotions, Anger, Peace, resistance, Nirvana, Equanimity, Four Foundations,...
Jan 25 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Keeping the Precepts

Serial: BZ-00177A

Ocku Bhikku, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Precepts, Intuition, New Year, War, Vow, Anger, Interdependence, Passions,...
Dec 14 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Everyday Life Is Like a Movie

Serial: BZ-00173B

The Movie and the Empty Screen, Rohatsu Day 2

Practice, Daily Life, Anger, Instruction, Posture, Emotions, Big Mind, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 03 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Consciousness in Buddhist Practice

Serial: BZ-00171A

Lecture

Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay, Heart Sutra,...
Nov 09 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00459

Class 1 of 3

Birth-and-Death, Peace, Chanting, Enemies, Anger, Evil, Precepts, Composure, Aspects...
Nov 07 2002
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Noble Truths/ Kids’ Lecture: “Mean Soup”

Serial: BZ-00170B

Lecture

Greed, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Right Speech, Anger, Dragons, Samadhi,...
Nov 02 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

15 Sutras from the Old Way: Meghiya (Friendship)

Serial: BZ-00457

Class 4 of 5

Right Speech, Attachment, Impermanence, Lovingkindness, Commitment, Cultivation,...
Oct 03 2002
4
Berkeley Zen Center

15 Sutras from the Old Way: Those of Kesaputta from Anguttara Nikaya

Serial: BZ-00455

Class 2 of 5

confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,...
Sep 19 2002
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki Roshi New Book

Serial: BZ-00155B

Lecture

Concentration, training, Posture, Anger, Beginners, resistance, Conversation,...
Aug 03 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Practice as a Lay Person

Serial: BZ-00152B

Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic...
Jun 29 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Kinhin and Bowing

Serial: BZ-00151A

Sesshin Day 3

Kinhin, Bowing, Attachment, Monastic Practice, Priest, Lay, Practice Period, Anger,...
Jun 21 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

The Precepts

Serial: BZ-00448

Class 4 of 4

Precepts, Passions, Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Fox, Politics, Silence,...
May 09 2002
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Complaining

Serial: BZ-00145A

Women's Sitting

Death-and-Dying, true dharma, Liberation, Vow, Anger, Hate, Rinzai, Enemies, Soto Zen...
Apr 20 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Guarding the Garden: Lessons from Islam

Serial: BZ-00140A

Lecture

Oneness, Forgiveness, Ego, Anger, American, Enemies, Attachment, Silence, Chanting,...
Mar 02 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

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