About the Wallowa Buddhist Temple monks
Reverend Master Meido Tuttle, M.O.B.C.
Chief Priest and Prior, Wallowa Buddhist Temple
Reverend Master Meido is a disciple of the late Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett, who was first Abbess of Shasta Abbey and the Founder of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives. Rev. Meido was ordained by her in 1980, transmitted by her in 1983, and trained at Shasta Abbey monastery for 22 years. Rev. Meido was named a Master in the Order in 1999.
Rev. Meido began serving as a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher in northeast Oregon in 2002 with the blessing of the then-Head of the Order, the late Rev. Master Daizui MacPhillamy, and in 2003 Rev. Meido established the Wallowa Buddhist Temple. In 2025, at the request of the Head of the Order Rev. Master Koten Benson, she also began assisting him as Executive Secretary of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
At the Wallowa Buddhist Temple, as Prior Rev. Meido offers teaching and spiritual guidance for our small monastic community, our local and remote congregation, and our guests, as we follow the Buddha’s Way.
Rev. Meido has been practicing Serene Reflection Meditation since 1973.
Reverend Master Clairissa Beattie, M.O.B.C.
Assistant Prior, Wallowa Buddhist Temple
Reverend Master Clairissa, a disciple of Reverend Master Meido Tuttle, came to the Wallowa Buddhist Temple in 2010 after more than ten years of monastic training in the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
Rev. Clairissa was ordained in 2001 by the late Reverend Master Meiko Jones, then-Prior at the Portland Buddhist Priory. At Rev. Meiko’s request, Rev. Clairissa also trained at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey, Shasta Abbey, and at the Fugen Forest Hermitage under the late Reverend Master Daizui MacPhillamy. Rev. Clairissa was transmitted by Rev. Master Meido at the Wallowa Buddhist Temple in 2012 and named a Master by her in 2025.
As Assistant Prior, Rev. Clairissa aids Rev. Meido in daily services and in all aspects of temple life. In addition to serving as a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher for our local and remote congregation and guests, Rev. Clairissa also offers the Dharma online via the Wallowa Buddhist Temple podcast, Serene Reflections: From the Heart that Seeks the Way.
Rev. Clairissa has been practicing Serene Reflection Meditation since 1993.
Mei Mei, temple cat, Wallowa Buddhist Temple
Mei Mei, whose name means “Little Sister” in Chinese, came to the temple in 2021, when Rev. Meido adopted her as a kitten from the Wallowa County Humane Society.
Mei Mei offers a loving, calm presence in the temple.