What does it mean to not be influenced by feelings

Even if you're in a state of mind where you're “not affected by your feelings,” if you become insensitive to people's feelings, lose compassion, or lose your rich emotions and sensitivities from within yourself, it won't become anything.

If the result of training is to the point where you feel cold, as if you have enlightened it, then it is better not to practice. Also, there is an aspect where a rich heart is nurtured while being shaken by various feelings...

Now, there are times when my heart still shakes, what I (sweat) say, but I'll explain the altruistic nembutsu ascetic practice that I've been doing (is) as an example. When you enter Nembutsu Sanmai, your senses are infinitely sharpened, and at the same time, there are places where your mind calms down and becomes completely universal.

In that world, there will be no shaking hearts, nor the outside world that causes them. However, emotions and senses spread richly. That's why it leads to the depths of a shaky heart (so it doesn't shake at all), but I think it actually enriches my emotions.

Well, I wrote it hoping it would be helpful in some way, but was it really useful...?

Alright... all the Zen monks in Hasunoha aren't telling you to shake off your distractions, right? Throw away distractions is an apprenticeship of the 13th Ishikawa Goemon. It's not a Buddhist practice.

In particular, if you read the old sutras, Buddha often encounters Mara (devil) even after attaining enlightenment. Mara is a symbol of worry and so-called distractions. Even the Buddha had distractions after his enlightenment. The fact that once you realize it, you will never have any worries again means deification for future generations.

Well, to put it in a mean way, I was riding an unreserved seat on the bullet train last spring. When I was sitting near the entrance, an elderly woman with beautiful silver hair came into the car. I could see that he was quite old, but even so, he had a strong attitude and footsteps full of energy, and seemed very energetic.

There are many elderly people these days who don't like being given their seats, so I asked as usual. “Shall we sit down?” Then the woman said, “No, I'll get off at the next station right away, so that's fine, thank you.” I was made to smile when I said that.

After 1 or 2 minutes, the young lady who was sitting next to me across the aisle said. “Um... please sit down...” But the silver-haired woman still didn't sit down.

Then, this time, a good-looking man in his prime of work who was watching it said, “I'm going to smoke, so I'll open this seat for 2 or 3 minutes, so sit down. If you come back in 2 or 3 minutes, they'll be replaced again, so don't sit in the meantime.” The silver-haired woman sat there reluctantly, but she had a pleasant smile on her mouth. And the young woman, me, and the people around me were smiling. It's a good memory.

This is what Buddhism is. If you do bad things, it becomes a bad cycle, and if you do good things, it becomes a good cycle. So let's all do good things and get away from suffering together.
If you do something good and feel radiant, you'll notice it at that time. I think I had forgotten some distractions.

What kind of distraction are you referring to? It doesn't matter what you think. That's natural. When I thought about it, it was just what I thought. Don't touch it.

I decided to eat outside. Today's fried rice ^_^
When I tried it, the taste was light. Maybe there isn't enough salt? Who made it? It's different from the usual taste.
I wonder if I should tell the clerk. The taste of this restaurant isn't stable. I don't want to come here anymore. Speaking of which, the clerk just placed the water was messy, and it doesn't feel right.

This movement of mind and the addition of thoughts will move away from reality.
So, it just tasted like fried rice at that point. That's where it ends. There's no comparison to others, and it's delicious, but it's bad, and even if you think about it, don't take that as a problem. You can leave it as it is.
It's not about erasing or holding back thoughts.

Good evening.

The idea of changing jobs rather than ignoring also applies.
How do you make use of it, and how do you get them to graduate?

There was also a monk in the past who had the idea that worries would turn into Bodhi.

If you don't have patients, you don't need a doctor.
It is only when there is trouble that Buddha has meaning.

Just for your reference.