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Dharma Drink: the hangout for Buddhists (& like minded)

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New York, NY, US

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About us

Welcome to Dharma Drink!

A great way to get Dharma connected in New York!
- Connect people to people
- Connect pople to Buddhist centers

We are doing both IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL events. Please check the meetup schedules.

- - - - - Prior to Rubin Museum’s closure of the physical space on 17th street - - - - -

Dharma Drink is now Self Service!
The table is always reserved in the same spot - just show up and see what happens - just like if you were hanging out meeting other Buddhists and travelers randomly in Kathamandu, India, Japan, Korea... And don't take the RSVP too seriously - people are coming now who don't RSVP. The word is getting out....
Everyone is invited! Dharma Drink is all about building community amongst the Buddhist and like minded crowd in New York City. Greg, the founder, was inspired to start Dharma Drink by hanging out with all of the great students of all of the different lamas in Kathmandu - Kagyu, Nyingma, Sakya, Gelug - totally Rimey (also Zen, Thai, Theravadan, yoga travelers, and the curious - just about everyone!). Everyone became great friends and learned from each other. We're there every Friday night - see you there.

Motivation: To make the Rubin Museum Lounge on Friday night the Buddhist and like-minded hang-out spot in New York. If you like Buddhas or to meditate - then you'll love the Rubin!

Who: ALL ARE INVITED. Feel free to spread the word. The more, the merrier.

[ - - NOTE as of 2025: We are not meeting every Friday at Rubin as the physical museum has closed - - ]

Time: 6:30-?pm
Date: Every Friday - like clockwork
Place: Rubin Museum Lounge, 17th Street and 7th Avenue
How to find us: Look for a table with the small sign "Dharma Drink" + Lounge staff will know where we are.
www.dharmadrink.com

Upcoming events

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Dharma Chat Sharing - Monks Walk for Peace (Friday night virtual)
Fri, Feb 6 · 7:00 PM EST
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Dear Dharma Drink Friends,

Many of us have been witnessing on social media the walk for peace by the monks from Texas. While their demeanor is low-keyed but ferociously focused, their impact on our psyche has been nothing but wondrous.

Let us share spend a little time to share our thoughts with other like minded. We are here to exchange and not here to expound or argue back and forth. We also must agree to disagree.

Anyone who does not show respect to others will immediately be removed from the discussion and potentially be removed from the group.. If you need deeper learnings, please go visit a Buddhist teaching center.

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Middle Length Discourse - 58 Abhayarajakumara Sutta
(Taken from Pressing Out Pure Honey book notes by Sharda Rogell)

Speech the Buddha would utter: beneficial and true, knowing the correct time (timely speech) out of compassion for beings:
1. Speech that is true, correct and beneficial, even though it is unwelcome and disagreeable.
2. Speech that is true, correct and beneficial, and is welcome and agreeable.

Speech the Buddha would not utter: unbeneficial, whether true or untrue
1. Speech that is untrue, incorrect, unbeneficial, and unwelcome and disagreeable.
2. Speech that is untrue, incorrect, and unbeneficial, but welcome and agreeable (such as malicious gossip).
3. Speech that is true and correct, but unbeneficial, and unwelcome and disagreeable.
4. Speech that is true and correct, but unbeneficial, and welcome and agreeable (even if it is truthful and welcomed, if it is not helpful, let it go).
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Dharma Chat Sharing - Monks Walk for Peace (Saturday virtual coffee)
Sat, Feb 7 · 11:00 AM EST
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Dear Dharma Drink Friends,

Many of us have been witnessing on social media the walk for peace by the monks from Texas. While their demeanor is low-keyed but ferociously focused, their impact on our psyche has been nothing but wondrous.

Let us share spend a little time to share our thoughts with other like minded. We are here to exchange and not here to expound or argue back and forth. We also must agree to disagree.

Anyone who does not show respect to others will immediately be removed from the discussion and potentially be removed from the group.. If you need deeper learnings, please go visit a Buddhist teaching center.

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Middle Length Discourse - 58 Abhayarajakumara Sutta
(Taken from Pressing Out Pure Honey book notes by Sharda Rogell)

Speech the Buddha would utter: beneficial and true, knowing the correct time (timely speech) out of compassion for beings:
1. Speech that is true, correct and beneficial, even though it is unwelcome and disagreeable.
2. Speech that is true, correct and beneficial, and is welcome and agreeable.

Speech the Buddha would not utter: unbeneficial, whether true or untrue
1. Speech that is untrue, incorrect, unbeneficial, and unwelcome and disagreeable.
2. Speech that is untrue, incorrect, and unbeneficial, but welcome and agreeable (such as malicious gossip).
3. Speech that is true and correct, but unbeneficial, and unwelcome and disagreeable.
4. Speech that is true and correct, but unbeneficial, and welcome and agreeable (even if it is truthful and welcomed, if it is not helpful, let it go).
5 attendees
FYI: Ven. Bhikku Bodhi: Satipațțhāna in Practice (Buddhist Global Relief)
Sun, Feb 8 · 12:00 PM EST
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This is an FYI only and not an event.

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The Buddha taught Satipaṭṭhāna, the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, as the “direct path to realization.” This teaching invites us to apply careful attention to what is always present: our body, feeling tones, mind, and mind-objects. Through strengthening our mindfulness (sati) we can experience presently arisen states without being pulled into desire and aversion. This provides a foundation of clarity and peace, even in the midst of challenging conditions.

Please join the worldwide BGR community on Sunday, February 8, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Eastern (9 to 11 a.m. Pacific), for the final session in BGR’s Satipatthana in Practice series: Mindfulness of Dhammas. Led by Thai Forest monastics and BGR Sangha Council members Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho, the practice session will explore how we can use the fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, variously translated as “mind objects” or “dhamma categories,” to cultivate beautiful qualities of mind and heart, in both formal meditation and daily life.

Offered over Zoom, this half-day of practice concludes our three-part series dedicated to different establishments of mindfulness, led by members of BGR’s Sangha Council of monastic advisers. Recordings of the previous events, exploring the Establishments of Mindfulness of the Body and Mindfulness of Feeling and Mind, may be viewed on our website.

We look forward to practicing with you.
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Pali Canon Dīgha Nikāya: Dhamma, Path, Past Buddhas (Long Discourses)
Sun, Feb 22 · 12:00 PM EST
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Dear Dharma Drink Friends,

Our next book club will be The Long Discourses of the Buddha, Dīgha Nikāya.

Please read or skim through the Introduction as it may contain helpful background on the history or culture as well as Buddhist terminologies, definitions, and cosmology. You can also skim the Sutta Summaries for your reference. For our discussions, we will cover the following chapters:

Read Chapters
- DN 12 Lohicca_Sutta – With Lohicca (on teaching the Dhamma)
- DN 13 Tevijja_Sutta – The Threefold Knowledge (on the path to Brahmā)
- DN 14 Mahāpadāna_Sutta – The Great Discourse on Lineage (of past Buddhas)

Discussion Preparation:
Please prepare 5 or more points of interests or questions per chapter.

NOTE - each book discussion is independent of others, so you can join any meeting without having attended previous ones.

Per SuttaCentral.net: "The Dīgha Nikāya is the first of the four main divisions in the Sutta Piṭaka of the Pali Canon (tipiṭaka)....
It is distinguished from the other nikāyas by its more developed and elaborate literary forms. Outgrowing the bare and direct style of most of the early texts, here the extra length offers space for narratives and doctrinal expositions to find a fuller expression..."

Per WisdomExperience.org: “These suttas reveal the gentleness, compassion, power, and penetrating wisdom of the Buddha. Included are teachings on mindfulness (Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta); on morality, concentration, and wisdom (Subha Sutta); on dependent origination (Mahānidrāna Sutta); on the roots and causes of wrong views (Brahmajāla Sutta); and a long description of the Buddha’s last days and passing away (Mahāparinibbāna Sutta); along with a wealth of practical advice and insight for all those travelling along the spiritual path.”

The translation we plan to use is translated by Maurice Walshe:
ALSO NOTE: that we are here to read, exchange and help each other. We’re not here to expound. If you need deeper learnings, please go visit a Buddhist teaching center.

Eddie
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