Lin's early sculptures had almost no facial expression, as if he was somehow timid about expressing his own feelings. But ten years ago he was introduced to Buddhism, became a follower of Master Sheng Yen, and started to practice meditation. Today his deep understanding of Buddhist doctrines have made him happy to accept his deafness, and have transformed and sublimated his disability into an important element of his art.
以往林良材的雕塑作品幾乎都沒有「臉部表情」，彷彿怯於表達自己的情緒，但 10 年前，他在朋友引領下接觸佛法，皈依聖嚴法師，開始學習打坐，佛法裡的「成住壞空」讓他深有體悟，六祖惠能法語「何期自性本自具足」，更讓他坦然悅納自己先天的缺陷，繼而轉化昇華為藝術。