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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Precepts

Serial: BZ-00536

Class 5 of 6

Anger, Nirvana, Addiction, Precepts, Religion, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, American,...
Jun 05 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00537

Class 4 of 6

Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Observe, Bell,...
May 29 1997
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Anger, Failure and Pure Existence

Buddha Nature, Pure Existence, Anger, Practice Period, Karma, Renewal, Bodhisattva...
May 24 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00539

Class 2 of 6

Precepts, Offering, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Addiction...
May 15 1997
2
Berkeley Zen Center

May 15th, 1997, Serial No. 01457

Precepts, Offering, Evil, Anger, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Addiction, Sixth Patriarch...
May 15 1997

Moment to Moment Awareness

Berkeley Zen Center, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, War, Diversity,...
Feb 22 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Stories and their Significance

Attachment, American, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Concentration, Separation,...
Jan 25 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Getting Caught in the Dream

Anger, Dream World, Separation, Conversation, Happiness, Offering, Culture, Building...
Dec 14 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice and Daily Life

Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace...
Nov 17 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Dana & The Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00788B

Saturday Lecture

Dana, Renunciation, Gratitude, Patience, Ego, Offering, Precepts, Attachment,...
Nov 09 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Vimalakirti Sutra: Suffering, Interdependence

Manjushri, Interdependence, resistance, Evil, Instruction, Anger, Gratitude, Mahayana...
Nov 02 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen and No-Benefit

Serial: BZ-00116

Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Bodhidharma, Attachment, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Family...
Sep 16 1996
Unknown Location

Blue Cliff Record: Case #79

Serial: 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

The Postures of the Five Hindrances

Posture, Doubt, Hindrances, uchiyama, Obstacles, Anger, Mahayana, Culture,...
Aug 17 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00795A

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Doubt, Hindrances, true dharma, Anger, Emotions, Daily Life, Ego,...
Aug 10 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice in the USA

Anger, Impermanence, Hate, American, Ordination, Chanting, Vow, Karma, Samsara,...
Aug 03 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Boundless Abodes

Serial: BZ-00798B

Saturday Lecture

Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,...
Jul 20 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Composure

Serial: BZ-00801A

Sesshin Day 2

Composure, Composure, Anger, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object,...
Jun 20 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordination & Precepts

Serial: BZ-00805A

Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Evil, Giving-and-Taking...
Apr 27 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Work and Practice

Serial: BZ-00118

Lecture

Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Continuous...
Apr 24 1996

Blue Cliff Record: Case #17

Serial: BZ-00806A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-17, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, resistance, Concentration, Separation...
Apr 20 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Five Hindrances

Doubt, Hindrances, Attachment, Separation, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Rinzai, Anger...
Mar 30 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Vimalakirti Sutra

Serial: BZ-00247

Class 4 of 5

Liberation, Anger, Passions, Manjushri, Attachment, Impermanence, Lay Practice,...
Mar 21 1996
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Four Methods of Guidance

Serial: BZ-00814A

Saturday Lecture

Four Methods of Guidance, New Year, Offering, Greed, Precepts, Renunciation, Anger,...
Dec 14 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00816B

Rohatsu Day 5

Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Practice Period, Ordination, Vinaya...
Dec 07 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Jodo Shinshu Practice

Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Gratitude, Chanting,...
Sep 23 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

The Four Brahmaviharas

Equanimity, Enemies, Instruction, Patience, Daily Life, Posture, Anger, Intimacy,...
Sep 16 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #11

Serial: BZ-00823A

Sesshin Day 3

BCR-11, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Hate, Doubt, American, Anger, Politics,...
Sep 04 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo #1

Serial: BZ-00824A

Sesshin Day 1

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Bell, Religion, Sangha, Anger, Nirvana Sutra,...
Sep 02 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Yurt Lecture

Serial: BZ-00747

Lecture

Continuous Practice, Bell, Big Mind, Diversity, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Anger, Heart...
Aug 21 1995

Karma and Intention

Serial: BZ-00829B

Saturday Lecture

Karma, Intention, Karma, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Six Realms, Vow, Demons,...
Jul 16 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00830B

Saturday Lecture

Metta Sutta, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Peace, Nirvana, Gratitude,...
Jul 01 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Letting Go of Preconceptions

Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...
May 20 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #45

Fundraising, Intimacy, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, Mindfulness, Emotions, Anger,...
May 13 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk

Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
May 08 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Dragons

Dragons, Anger, Precepts, resistance, Bodhisattva Vow, Building, Attachment, Samadhi...
Mar 25 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00764

Class 9 of 10

Anger, Emotions, Happiness, Ego, Karma, Greed, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Enemies...
Mar 16 1995
9
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Delusion

Emotions, Posture, Hate, Greed, confusion, Anger, Culture, Instruction
Feb 19 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Vastness of Bodhisattva Vow and Peculiarities in Personalities and Practice

Serial: BZ-00946A

Lecture

Peace, Repentance, Vow, Greed, Hate, Anger, Silence, Offering, Precepts
Jan 21 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Bendowa II: Jijuyu Samadhi, Faith and Doubt

Serial: BZ-00953B

Rohatsu Day 2

Commitment, Doubt, Samadhi, Sangha, Anger, Happiness, Evil, Posture, Building...
Dec 05 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Renunciation

Serial: BZ-00956A

Saturday Lecture

Renunciation, Anger, Renunciation, Nirvana, Ego, Daily Life, Greed, Right Effort,...
Oct 29 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00937A

Beginners' sitting

Hindrances, Anger, Doubt, Emotions, Aspects of Practice, Bowing, Passions, Culture,...
Aug 14 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Heroes, Shadows and O J Simpson

Serial: BZ-00941B

Lecture

Composure, training, Hate, American, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, Interview, Evil,...
Jul 09 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Foundations of Mindfulness #3

Serial: BZ-00944

Sesshin Day 3

Four Foundations, Equanimity, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Daily Life, Attachment,...
Jun 10 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Perfection of Wisdom

Serial: BZ-00230

Class 3 of 5

Perfect Wisdom, Six Realms, Evil, Nirvana, Constancy, Right Effort, Lotus Sutra,...
Apr 07 1994
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Perfection of Wisdom

Serial: BZ-00229

Class 2 of 5

Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right...
Mar 31 1994
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Feelings

Serial: BZ-00050B

Sesshin Day 4

Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture,...
Mar 27 1994
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Full Awareness of Breathing; On illuminating Thoughts

Serial: BZ-00736

Sesshin Day 4

Posture, Anger, Observe, Intuition, Concentration, Enemies, Discrimination, Daily...
Mar 27 1994
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00550

Class 8 of 10

Five Ranks, Attachment, Subject-and-Object, Commitment, Ego, Sixth Patriarch, Duality...
Mar 19 1994
8
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis

Serial: BZ-00964A

Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2

Madyamika, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...
Mar 13 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

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