06/17/2026
It is 9:30pm, Tuesday June 16th. Sze Fu just got back home to Po Lam, after leaving at 4:45 this morning. Another day with 5 hours of driving and 3 hours on a ferry to travel across to William Head federal prison. When I asked Sze Fu if she was tired, the reply was quick and direct, "No - seeing WT do so well with his life, seeing the effort he puts in, makes it all worth it."
The morning was spent sharing meditation and photos of Po Lam with a group of men wanting to continue the monthly meditation that Sze Fu began in May. The men asked about our daily schedule, so Sze Fu described it to them, and they asked, "every day? Like that? But you don't have time for your own work, your own practice!" Sze Fu countered with: "That inner work happens all day. Every time we walk from building to building, every time we work in the kitchen or do our computer work. Anything - if we remember to do it with awareness, we are doing our own work."
Then Sze Fu had a visit with WT who is always happy and grateful to see Sze Fu and be able to speak from the heart about his difficulties and progress. The third stop was at the fifty-fifty art gallery in Victoria to see WT's artwork, and the art of others known and unknown, on display as part of an exhibition featuring works from men that are incarcerated.
More information about UBC's Art Justice can be found here: https://www.artjusticeresearch.org/
現在是6月16日（星期二）晚上9:30。師父今天凌晨4:45出發，直到現在才剛剛回到寶林。
又是一天長途跋涉的行程：5個小時的車程，加上3個小時的渡輪，只為了前往位於威廉黑德（William Head）的聯邦監獄。
當我問師父累不累時，師父快而直接地回答：「不累。看到WT把人生過得這麼好，看到他付出的努力，一切都值得了。」
上午，師父與一群在五月曾經參加過禪坐的老友記再續前緣，因為他們希望能夠每月師父來探WT的時候可以帶他們禪坐。這次師父更帶了寶林的照片給他們看。
他們問我們每天的作息，於是師父向他們介紹寺院的日常生活。聽完後他們驚訝地問：「你們每天都是這樣嗎？那你們不是沒有時間做自己的工作、自己的修行了嗎？」
師父回答說：
「那些內在的修行其實每日每時每刻都在做。當每一次我們從一棟樓走到另一棟樓，每一次在廚房或電腦工作，無論做什麼事情——只要記得以覺知的心去做，那就是在做自己的功課。」
之後，師父與WT見面。WT 見到師父總是滿心歡喜與感恩，也願意敞開心扉，真誠分享自己所面對的困難與成長。
第三站，師父前往維多利亞的 Fifty-Fifty 藝廊，欣賞WT的藝術作品，以及其他已知與未知創作者的作品展覽。這些作品全部都是由服刑人創作，目前正在一個畫廊中展出。
有關英屬哥倫比亞大學（UBC）「藝術與司法研究計畫」（Art Justice）的更多資訊，請參閱：
https://www.artjusticeresearch.org/
