About us
Welcome to Dharma Drink!
A great way to get Dharma connected in New York!
- Connect people to people
- Connect people to Buddhist centers
We are doing both IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL events. Please check the meetup schedules.
To learn more about Dharma Drink Meetup, you can visit the following website:
[SnappyBuddhist.com](snappybuddhist.com)
- - - Below notice is for when we used to regularly meet at the Rubin Museum prior to its 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
Featured event
Donation Info for Nepal/Tibet Flood Disaster (Not an event)
Dear Dharma Drink Friends,
Please consider donating to help those affected by the flash floods in Nepal and Tibet. Listed below are some organizations that you may want to consider to donate to for the disaster relief.
DHARMA DRUM MOUNTAIN (founded by Chan Master Sheng Yen)
Tzu Chi USA (Buddhist Relief Organization w/HQ in Taiwan)
SHENPEN NEPAL (non-profit social work project by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche)
KARUNA SHECHEN (founded by Matthieu Richard)
GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL PRIME MINISTER'S DISASTER RELIEF FUND
Will post here any additional relief organization links.
Thank you
Upcoming events
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FYI: Tricycle - Rain Drawings Art Event at Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 542 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA, New York, NY, USDear Dharma Drink friends,
This is an FYI. Tricycle invite us to their art event:
- Artist: Miya Ando
- Title: Rain Drawing
- Gallery: Sundaram Tagore Gallery
- Address: 542 W 26th Street
- Date: Oct 22, 2026
- Time: 6-8pm
- Sponsors: Tricycle & Union Theological Seminary
This is an FYI only and not a Meetup event.
Any questions please contact Alison at Tricycle <alison@tricycle.org>.
Must register with Tricycle. [ - - REGISTER w/ Tricycle - - ]Fee: Donation based (Free but suggested $10)
[ - - Tricycle Event Info Page - - ]- - - Tricycle Description Below - - -
“When you value something truly, you give it a name,” multidisciplinary artist Miya Ando told Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, on a recent episode of Tricycle Talks. That’s just what Ando did when she compiled her book, the award-winning Water of the Sky: A Dictionary of 2,000 Japanese Words for Rain.Known for depicting impermanence in her work—from clouds to the waxing and waning of the moon—Ando originally set off to capture the transitory, ephemeral, almost invisible nature of rain with a series of drawings. She ended up creating a beautiful dictionary listing 2,000 Japanese words for rain, featuring expressions from Buddhist rain sutras, Heian-era poetic anthologies, and specific regions of Japan. The terms are accompanied by 100 of almost 2,000 original drawings made with natural indigo dye, graphite, and pure silver powder on handmade kozo paper.
Rain Drawings, a new exhibit at the Sundaram Tagore Galleryin New York City, showcases a series of new visual interpretations of some of Ando’s translations, along with one of only two hand-bound collections of the complete body of work.
Join us in-person on October 22 to view and hear more about this new exhibit, which asks us to consider how language and art hone our attention and cultivate deep appreciation.
This is an in-person event in New York City, in partnership with Union-Theological Seminary.
5 attendeesDonation Info for Nepal/Tibet Flood Disaster (Not an event)
·OnlineOnlineDear Dharma Drink Friends,
Please consider donating to help those affected by the flash floods in Nepal and Tibet. Listed below are some organizations that you may want to consider to donate to for the disaster relief.
DHARMA DRUM MOUNTAIN (founded by Chan Master Sheng Yen)
Tzu Chi USA (Buddhist Relief Organization w/HQ in Taiwan)
SHENPEN NEPAL (non-profit social work project by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche)
KARUNA SHECHEN (founded by Matthieu Richard)
GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL PRIME MINISTER'S DISASTER RELIEF FUND
Will post here any additional relief organization links.
Thank you
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Past events
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