Our Resident Teacher

Reverend Master Meiten, M.O.B.C.

Reverend Meiten McGuire

Rev. Meiten is a monk in the Soto Zen tradition. Born in California in 1926, she received her Ph.D. in Psychology in 1952 after majoring in English and Philosophy. In her professional life she practiced clinical psychology; her last position was that of associate professor at the University of Manitoba.

The death of her son in 1972 marked the beginning of Rev. Meiten's commitment to finding a spiritual solution to the suffering she had experienced.

In 1978, Rev. Meiten's spiritual journey took her to Shasta Abbey in California, where the following year she received ordination as a Buddhist monk from Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett, first abbess of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.

In 2000, Rev. Meiten was named a Master of the Order. All of Rev. Meiten's spiritual training has helped her to the growing realization of her spiritual quest: how to bring an end to the suffering she lived with for much of her early life.

Through Dharma talks, meditation instruction, study groups, spiritual counselling, and her published writings, Rev. Meiten offers others the teaching and practice that have changed her life.