Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
Dharma Rain Zen Center
Portland, OR
Kakumyo has been practicing at Dharma Rain since 1998, was ordained in 2002 by Gyokuko, and completed transmission in 2012. He has been heavily involved in the operations side of temple function and on the full residential schedule for the vast majority of this time; practice and work at the temple is his full-time occupation. Kakumyo has served Dharma Rain as the Kanin (Director of Operations and Development) since 2012. He was installed as Co-Abbot in August 2017 and became Abbot upon Gyokuko’s retirement on January 6, 2019.