I wrote before...only half in jest...that I prefer Dudeism over Buddhism because Dudeism has lower standards and even lower expectations. I like that in a religion/philosophy/way of life or what have you.
When I speak of The Dude character from The Big Lebowski I do so mostly tongue in cheek but when I talk about the essence of what that fictional character portrays I do so with a little more sincerity. We are speaking of a bit of Taoism here...at least the parts that make sense to us in a modern day environment. The middle way...the way of takin' er easy and trying to abide in a world of Reactionaries, Human Paraquats and religious fanatics.
Yes we know The Dude is a fictional character, but then All religions are founded on Fictional Characters...and all religions with a deity and dogma turn out to be just a load of shite...and very dangerous...they hang Love on the door, but preach Hate to the pews.
For me; after working through the frickin mess that substitutes for Truth out there and finding none at all, I came to the conclusion that the only purpose of Life was to Live it...Dudeism came as a nice comfortable refuge and a very good fit with my Do No Harm philosophy. You can not do much harm if you're just hanging out taken it easy trying to abide the best you can.
For me, Dudeism is a refuge from all the Pretentious Nonsense and  Insanity out there. I find Dudeism comfortable and cozy...like The Dude's sweater.

Pull up a rug dude and stick around for awhile...and find out for yourself what Dudeism is all about.