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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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Alive or Dead?Serial: SF-01147 Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what... Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind,... |
Jan 29 2006 Green Gulch |
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Zendo LectureSerial: SF-01001 Tanto talk Anger, Practice, Suffering |
Oct 23 2005 Tassajara |
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HierarchySerial: SF-03579 Sesshin 3 Day 5 Teacher-student relationship Practice, Anger, Suzuki Roshi |
Mar 27 2005 Tassajara |
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Zendo Lecture Practice Period, Impermanence, Balance, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Mar 21 2005 Tassajara |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-03546 Second Sesshin, Zendo Lecture day 6 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Letting Go, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Buddha's... |
Nov 21 2004 Tassajara |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00983 First part of lecture children's program. Read story, "Play with Me". Impatient with world situation. Look at causes. Patience. Path of peace. Dog story. MLK Jr Hate, Anger, Non-violence, Mill Valley, Peace, Greed, Evil, Demons, Concentration,... |
Apr 06 2003 Green Gulch |
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Gratitude For This PracticeSerial: SF-04042 Sunday Lecture: Fear - fear is spawning ground for negative emotions. Attention to breath. How to work with difficult mental states. Walking and attention to breath. Busyness... Breath, Anger, Time |
Nov 24 2002 Green Gulch |
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Not Always So Class Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous... |
Oct 30 2002 Tassajara |
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Walking in Beauty Through Zen FarmingSerial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Anger, Mill Valley, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing, Heart Sutra... |
Jul 25 2001 |
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Surangama Sutra Class Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Practice Period, Faith, Three Treasures, Emptiness,... |
May 16 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Three Treasures, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Monastic Practice, Hate, Demons, Conversation, Greed, Peace, Equanimity, Samsara,... |
Mar 12 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Anger, Impermanence, Demons, Right Speech, Monastic Practice, Bell, Vow |
Mar 01 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Precepts, Dragons, Six Realms, Liberation, Ceremony, Forgiveness,... |
Nov 29 1998 Green Gulch |
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Events in the WorldSerial: SF-03134 Sunday Lecture Anger, Hate, Peace, Passions, Greed, Samsara, Funeral, Cultivation, Don't Know... |
Oct 18 1998 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting... |
Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Composure, Posture, Balance, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Silence, Freedom, Observe... |
Aug 22 1998 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,... |
Jul 12 1998 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Chanting, Funeral, Conversation, Precepts, Anger,... |
Jul 01 1998 Green Gulch |
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Spring SesshinSerial: SF-02728 Thursday Emptiness, Zazen, Uchiyama, Letting Go, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction |
Mar 26 1998 Unknown |
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Think Neither Good Nor Bad Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Anger, Nirvana, Offering, Lay, confusion, Peace |
Apr 30 1997 Unknown |
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IntimacySerial: SF-02725 Sesshin #1 (Post-it note from Lou "Do you have a tape player? I'd like to check this one more time") Intimacy, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Separation, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Jan 15 1997 Unknown |
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Be Completely Who You AreSerial: SF-02709B Rohatsu Sesshin Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Anger, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony |
Dec 05 1996 Unknown |
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Expounding the Dharma with This BodySerial: SF-02710A Rohatsu Sesshin Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Gratitude, Observe, Balance, Anger |
Dec 02 1996 Unknown |
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Including The UnincludedSerial: SF-03136 Sunday Lecture - life, the path as the neverending journey of inclusiom that starts with ourselves where we are now, where we have been and from there just goes deep and deeper... Forgiveness, Practice Period, Silence, Offering, Anger, Diversity, Ordination, Peace... |
Oct 13 1996 Green Gulch |
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Practicing With Afflictive EmotionsSerial: SF-02722 Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Oct 09 1996 Unknown |
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Mindful Steps on the Bodhisattva Path Practice Period, Study Period, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Patience, Birth-and-Death,... |
Sep 28 1996 |
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Awakening Compassion Through Non-DualitySerial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-... |
Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Secret Teachers In Life Who Guide UsSerial: SF-03639 Sunday Lecture Priest, Attachment, Precepts, Global Warming, Funeral, Balance, Anger, Gratitude,... |
Sep 08 1996 Green Gulch |
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How To Continue Your Practice After SesshinSerial: SF-03631 Sunday Lecture - taking our understanding, our effort, into daily life Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Anger, Emotions, Impermanence, Hate, Zazen,... |
Aug 25 1996 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,... |
Aug 14 1996 Unknown |
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Taking Care of Oneself, Others and Objects of the WorldSerial: SF-02752 One-day sitting - Buddhist practice is just taking care of people, objects, spaces, body and mind. Priest, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Bowing, Transmission, Buddha Mind,... |
May 18 1996 Green Gulch |
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The Angulimala StorySerial: SF-03226 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk Enemies, Karma, Letting Go, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Daily Life, Bell,... |
Mar 03 1996 Green Gulch |
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Women in Buddhism Class Six Realms, Offering, Balance, Conversation, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student, Don... |
Nov 20 1995 Unknown |
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The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of CravingSerial: SF-03231 Sunday Lecture Anger, Silence, Letting Go, Bell, Happiness, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva... |
Nov 19 1995 Green Gulch |
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Freedom's Paradox: Stopping to Liberate Freedom, Right Effort, Vow, Happiness, Anger, Daily Life, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jul 05 1995 Unknown |
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Sunday Lecture Happiness, Anger, Forgiveness, Priest, Vow, Instruction, Ceremony, Patience,... |
Jul 02 1995 Green Gulch |
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Shantideva Class Anger, Patience, Enthusiasm, Emotions, Letting Go, Right Speech, Happiness, Zazen,... |
May 09 1995 Unknown |
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Shantideva Class Anger, Enemies, Letting Go, Renunciation, Happiness, Concentration, Patience,... |
May 02 1995 Unknown |
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Shantideva ClassSerial: SF-03200 Practice of Morality/Ethics Mindfulness, Doubt, Enemies, Emotions, Discrimination, Anger, Don't Know Mind,... |
Apr 25 1995 Unknown |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Gratitude, Lay... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Delusion, confusion, Freedom, Sangha, Silence, Anger, Hate |
Mar 27 1995 |
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Sunday Lecture Anger, Birth-and-Death, Monkey Mind, Vow, Attachment, Posture, Impermanence, Buddha... |
Jul 10 1994 Green Gulch |
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The Meeting of American Culture and BuddhismSerial: SF-00135 Lecture Series New Year, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Diversity, Continuous Practice,... |
Apr 05 1994 7 City Center |
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The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The ArtsSerial: SF-00008 Lecture Series New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Emptiness, Lineage, Anger, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Feb 01 1994 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Faith, Anger, Impermanence, Humility, Greed, Commitment, Letting Go,... |
Jan 30 1994 Green Gulch |
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Buddhism and American Culture Emptiness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Samadhi, Emotions, Freedom, Four Noble Truths,... |
May 03 1993 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Anger, Practice, Time |
Feb 14 1993 Green Gulch |