What we’re about
A great way to get Dharma connected in New York!
We are doing both IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL events. Please check the meetup schedules.
----- Pre-Pandemic Message Below -----
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.
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 (3)
See all- FYI @ Rubin Museum: Awakening Season 3 Launch Party (NOT A MEETUP)Rubin Museum of Art Lounge, New York, NY
Dharma Drink Friends,
*** Note: FYI ONLY - Not a meetup ***
Rubin Museum is having a special launch party at K2 Lounge. Rubin: "Join us for a special K2 Friday Night to celebrate the Season 3 launch of our AWAKEN podcast! Free admission from 6:00 to 10:00 PM. Enjoy cocktails, art, music, podcast listening party, and special performance by Grammy Award-winning vocalist and composer and AWAKEN podcast host Falu."
TICKETS: Free from 6pm but ticketed. It will be a popular event, please get tickets early.
< - - - LINK TO TICKETS - - - >K2 FRIDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE
6:00–10:00 PM: Live DJ performance by Navarro in the K2 Lounge
6:00–8:00 PM: AWAKEN temporary tattoo station in the K2 Lounge
6:30–7:00 PM: Exhibition tour highlighting themes and artworks from AWAKEN Season 3
7:15 PM: Musical invocation by AWAKEN host and Grammy Award-winning vocalist and composer Falu in the lobby
7:30 PM: AWAKEN Season 3 listening party hosted by Falu in the theater. Limited seating available on a first-come first-served basis.--- Links ---
Event Info - https://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/k2-friday-night-10-06-2023
Visit Info - https://rubinmuseum.org/page/plan
Museum main page - https://rubinmuseum.org/
- Book Discussion: Wild Awakening, Heart of Mahamudra & Dzogchen (Dzogchen Ponlop)Link visible for attendees
Dear Dharma Drink Friends,
We're about to embark on another Tibetan Buddhism book adventure, this time on Wild Awakening: The Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. by Dzogchan Ponlop Rimpoche.
From Penguin Books: "Mahamudra and Dzogchen are perhaps the most profound teachings within all of Tibetan Buddhism. The experience of Mahamudra, or "great symbol," is an overwhelming sense of extraordinary clarity, totally open and nondualistic. Dzogchen, or "great perfection," is the ultimate teaching according to the Nyingma tradition and also represents the pinnacle of spiritual development. These are the two paths that provide practitioners with the most skillful means to experience the fully awakened state and directly taste the reality of our mind and environment. And yet these concepts are notoriously difficult to grasp and challenging to explain. In Wild Awakening, Tibetan Buddhist master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche presents these esoteric teachings in a style that reveals their surprising simplicity and great practical value, emphasizing that we can all experience our world more directly, with responsibility, freedom, and confidence. With a straightforward approach and informal style, he presents these essential teachings in a way that even those very new to Tibetan Buddhism can understand."
BOOK: Wild Awakening: The Hear of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. by Dzogchen Ponlop Rimpoche.
READING:
Ch 5 - The Path of Instructions - Mahamudra VipashyanaFind Book
NOTE: that we are here to read, exchange and help each other. We’re not here to expound. If you need deeper learning, please go visit a Buddhist teaching center. We will be adhering to the contents of the book. We will not have any inter-religious discussions. If you like to discuss any topics with anyone not pertaining to the book, we advise you to initiate a conversation with whomever on another zoom at another time, not during the book club discussion. Thank you for understanding.
Intro video to Dharma Book Club (of NY)
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Eddie
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