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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Doing Zazen All Day Long Without Crossing Your Legs

Serial: BZ-00423B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Posture, Anger,...
Mar 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00423A

Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha's...
Feb 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Introductory Sesshin: Zazen Questions

Serial: BZ-00409B

Carrying the Stick, Beginners' Sitting

Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Kyosaku, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Harmonizing, Silence...
Feb 09 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Makyo

Serial: BZ-00393A

Saturday Lecture

Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...
Sep 15 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Ego and Personality

Serial: BZ-00390A

Saturday Lecture

Ego, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Offering, Bowing, Samadhi, Discrimination, Evil, Anger,...
Jun 30 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen is Turning Right to Get Left

Mindfulness, Daily Life, Samadhi, Beginners, Aspects of Practice, training, Anger,...
Dec 19 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

The Dharma of Effort

Serial: BZ-01520B

Saturday Lecture

Effort, Mindfulness, Study Period, Concentration, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Religion...
Nov 27 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #19 Pt. I

Serial: BZ-00903B

Nansen's Ordinary Mind, Saturday Lecture

Ordinary Mind, Nansen, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Zazen Mind, Samsara, Lotus Sutra, Demons...
Nov 12 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Abhidharma: The Six Pairs

Serial: BZ-00417B

One-Day Sitting

Abhidharma, Eight Aspects, Anger, Daily Life, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Emotions, Gratitude...
Oct 29 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Being Intimate with Practice

Serial: BZ-00416A

Lecture

Intimacy, Mindfulness, Separation, Culture, Anger, Interview, resistance, Bell,...
Oct 15 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. I

Serial: BZ-00403A

Zuigan's Calling the Master, Saturday Lecture

Zuigan, MM-12, stubbornness, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Fox, Birth-and-Death,...
Sep 24 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Without Hindrance

Serial: BZ-00396A

Seeing the Absolute and Relative, Saturday Lecture

Practice, Absolute-and-Relative, Hindrances, Daily Life, Discrimination, Teacher-and-...
Aug 27 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

The Four Brahmaviharas

Serial: BZ-00397A

Saturday Lecture

Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Enemies, Peace, Mahayana, Hate, Emotions, Anger, Lay...
May 28 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Organic Gardening and Composting

Serial: BZ-00005B

Interdependency and Impermanence, Saturday Lecture

Interdependence, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind,...
Apr 02 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #43

Serial: BZ-00006B

How Can We Avoid Heat and Cold?, Saturday Lecture

BCR-43

Koan, resistance, Non-violence, Fasting, Anger, Dana, Daily Life, Building, training...
Mar 05 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Importance of Attention to Form in Zen Practice

Serial: BZ-00049B

Sesshin Day 2

Subject-and-Object, Duality, Hindrances, Oneness, Silent Illumination, Anger, Non-...
Feb 20 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated

Serial: BZ-00046B

Unifying Body, Mind and the Way, Saturday Lecture

MM-35

 

Koan, Birth-and-Death, War, Peace, Dragons, Offering, Instruction, Doubt, Emotions,...
Jan 22 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5

Serial: BZ-00044A

Need to Find True Teacher, Saturday Lecture

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dragons, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...
Nov 20 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Emptiness Means Interdependence

Serial: BZ-00041A

Sesshin Day 1

Harmonizing, Posture, Heart Sutra, War, Interdependence, Anger, Ego
Sep 25 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

August 21, 1982, Serial No 01528B

Serial: BZ-01528B

One-Day Sitting

Zendo, Sangha, Berkeley Zen Center, Building, Non-violence, Study Period, Karma,...
Aug 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Work Sesshin: Building the New Zendo

Serial: BZ-00037B

One day sitting lecture

Study Period, Building, Non-violence, Happiness, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Aug 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #17

Serial: BZ-00029B

"Sitting Long and Getting Tired", Sesshin Day 5

BCR-17

 

Composure, Zazen, Koan, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Samadhi, Composure,...
May 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Sit Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00022A

Rohatsu Day 5

Zazen, Effort, Chanting, Emotions, Building, Anger, Conversation, Religion, Doubt...
Dec 1981
Part 1 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

What Is Our Practice?

Serial: BZ-00028

Off site lecture

Big Mind, Concentration, Building, Offering, Emotions, Anger
Jan 04 1970
San Francisco Zen Center

Unknown Date, Serial 00421, Side B

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Lineage, Anger, Soto Zen, Buddha Mind, Rinzai,...
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Unknown Date, Serial 00004, Side B

Passions, Bodhisattva Way, Anger, Karma, Lay, Happiness, confusion, Vow
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Untitled Talk, Serial 00529B

Money, Lay, Anger, Attachment, japanese
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown year, July 1st, Serial 00528

Serial: BZ-00528

A short talk on Zazen, followed by many questions and answers: Dealing with sleepiness, a crying child, a restless mind, pain in the legs, etc. "For a Zen student,...

Zazen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Posture, Daily Life, Discrimination, Peace, Dogen, Building,...
Jul 01

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