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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November 3rd, 1990, Serial No. 01478

Serial: BZ-01478

Lecture sesshin day 5

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

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
Green Dragon Temple

Thinking and Practice

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Anger, Cultivation, Sangha, Posture, training, Composure,...
Oct 06 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Vinaya/American Vinaya

Serial: BZ-00722

Lecture

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

Dharma Positions and Preference II

Anger, Demons, New Year, Passions, Commitment, Impermanence, Liberation, Greed...
May 05 1990
II
Berkeley Zen Center

Earth Day

Serial: BZ-00508

Saturday Lecture

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

Remembrances of Maurine Stuart

Serial: BZ-00510B

Lecture

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

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

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

Tokusan Brings His Bowls

Serial: BZ-00377B

Sesshin Day 4

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

June 1989 talk, Serial No. 01522, Side B

First Principle, Dragons, Continuous Practice, Hate, Emotions, Anger, Bodhidharma,...
Jun 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
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

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

January 16th, 1989, Serial No. 01465

Peace, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Humility, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Daily Life,...
Jan 16 1989

Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00370B

Saturday Lecture

Metta Sutta, Ego, Buddha Nature, Hate, Birth-and-Death, New Year, Monastic Practice,...
Jan 07 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01512

Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Instruction, Emotions, Lay,...
Nov 16 1988

Bodhisattva Practice

Serial: BZ-00367B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Way, Anger, Lotus Sutra, Platform Sutra, Emotions,...
Oct 01 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Boddhisatva Practice: Four Methods

Serial: BZ-00366B

Saturday Lecture

Anger, Pure Existence, Priest, Equanimity, Daily Life, Non-attachment, Emotions, Ego...
Sep 17 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

September 17, 1988 Serial No. 01498B

Serial: BZ-01498B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Anger, Equanimity, Daily Life, Precepts, Building, Emotions, Attachment...
Sep 17 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: BZ-00892A

Sesshin Day 2

Duality, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Anger, Birth-and-Death,...
Sep 04 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00832A

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Aug 06 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Anger and Greed

Serial: BZ-00890A

One-Day Sitting

Anger, Greed, Anger, Karma, Fox, Platform Sutra, Vow, Greed, Attachment, Bodhisattva...
Jul 17 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Unknown Title

Serial: BZ-00826

Lecture, Sesshin day 5

Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Posture, Vow, Anger,...
Jun 19 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

January 16th, 1988, Serial No. 00901, Side B

Posture, resistance, Sanctuary, Addiction, confusion, Concentration, Mindfulness,...
Jan 16 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

January 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01464

Happiness, Lay, Interview, Silence, Bell, Offering, Posture, Building, Anger...
Jan 16 1988
San Francisco Zen Center

December 9th, 1987, Serial No. 00308

Serial: BZ-00308

Rohatsu Day 2

Intuition, Fasting, American, Anger, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Offering,...
Dec 09 1987

Four Truths and Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00309

Rohatsu Day 1

Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Passions, Mundane Life, Attachment, Karma, Mahayana,...
Dec 08 1987

No Title

Pure Existence, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Offering, training, Anger
Jul 12 1987
Green Gulch Farm

Genjokoan II

Serial: BZ-00908A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,...
Jun 04 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan I

Serial: BZ-01501B

Sesshin lecture

Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Sixth Patriarch, Koan, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Soto...
Jun 03 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00336

Lecture

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...
May 17 1987

No Title

Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Family Practice, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...
May 16 1987
Green Gulch Farm

March 2nd, 1987, Serial No. 00333, Side A

Serial: BZ-00333A

Sesshin Day 3

Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Building, Anger, Harmonizing, Commitment,...
Mar 02 1987

The Importance of Day by Day Practice

Daily Life, Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Don't Know Mind, Obstacles, Oneness...
Jan 17 1987

The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation

Serial: BZ-00883A

Saturday Lecture

Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...
Nov 01 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Concentration

Serial: BZ-00882B

Sesshin Day 1

Concentration, Composure, Samadhi, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Pure Existence,...
Aug 30 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #43

Serial: BZ-00878A

Hot and Cold Buddha, Sesshin Day 4

Buddha, BCR-43, Hate, Posture, Emotions, Silence, Nirvana, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jun 07 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole Mind

Serial: BZ-00870A

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana...
Dec 14 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon

Serial: BZ-00867A

Lecture

Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger,...
Nov 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Sit Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00866B

Lecture

Concentration, Evil, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Passions, Four Noble Truths,...
Nov 09 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Way-Seeking Mind Within Any Circumstances

Serial: BZ-00866A

Lecture

Doubt, confusion, Continuous Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Aspects of Practice...
Nov 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00411B

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,...
Sep 06 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen and Shikantaza

Serial: BZ-00415B

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Shikantaza, zen meditation, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building,...
Jun 15 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Sitting Sesshin as a Beginner

Serial: BZ-00425B

Sesshin Day 1

Sesshin, Zazen, Peace, Intuition, Hate, Posture, Anger, Silence, Concentration, Bell...
Mar 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

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