Anger Talks

Anger, also known as wrath 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 which 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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Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self Addiction, Discrimination, Anger, Practice Period, Dragons, Impermanence, Enthusiasm... |
Feb 01 2020 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Stories of EnlightenmentIn our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns... YRB-2019-Fall, resistance, zen meditation, Describe, Observe, Fox, Gratitude, Dragons... |
Nov 14 2019 7 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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Listening, Training, Hearing and LiberationHeart Sutra, Confession-and-Repentance, true dharma, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Anger... |
Aug 09 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Fayen’s Good FriendshipPerfect Wisdom, Perfect Wisdom, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, resistance, Heart... |
Jun 07 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Chick and Hen -- Inquiring and RespondingChick and Hen -- Inquiring and Responding Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Teacher-and-Student, Karmic Consciousness, confusion,... |
Jul 01 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Study of delusion is the Buddha Way Anger, Commitment, Bell, Funeral, cognitive process, Don't Know Mind, zen... |
Aug 13 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Training for the Selfless Heart Patience, Intimacy, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-Student... |
Apr 01 2010 The Yoga Room |
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Training for the Selfless Heart Desire, Anger, Attachment, Karmic Consequences, Culture, American, Intimacy,... |
Mar 25 2010 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Silence, Faith, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, zen meditation, soto, Anger,... |
Jul 21 2009 The Yoga Room |
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The Ultimate Transcends Difference and UnitySamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 2 Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Desire, Separation, true dharma, Skandas, Dragons, Culture... |
Jul 18 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Ultimate Transcends All ArgumentationSamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2 Chapter Two, Morning Non-violence, Nirvana, Bodhisattva Way, Doubt, Anger, Desire, War, Hindrances,... |
May 23 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Faith, Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Aspects of Practice, Attachment,... |
Mar 19 2009 The Yoga Room |
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The Light of Buddha's Wisdom - Precepts of CompassionBuddha sheds the light of wisdom on the true nature of suffering, liberation, and the human mind, on the teachings of compassion, moral causation, and the whole phenomenal universe. This retreat... Evil, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Anger, American, Desire, resistance,... |
May 04 2007 Part 1 Mount Madonna Center |
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Crisis: A Spiritual Turning PointSpiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of... Transmission, Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Intuition, Bell, Culture, Anger... |
Jan 08 2006 Part 2 Green Gulch Farm |