Possibly the oldest form of Dudeism. Lao Tzu defined what it meant to take 'er easy and go with the flow.

A tradition that exalts sitting around calmly while not thinking, or telling jokes (koans) and drawing pictures to make sense of the universe? Pretty goddamn Dudeish.

A place to discuss and make a case for scripture, ceremonies, what-have-you. Anything pertaining to proposed rules and league bylaws of this-a-here religion.

Other far-out vehicles of holy Dudeist thought.

There was a lot that was very Dudeish about Christianity's original, uncompromised first draft.

From the Epicureans to the Stoics to the Hedonists and so on, some of the Ancient Greeks really knew how to live the good life. Sparta, not so much.

Nature-loving dudes like Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman went a long way towards defining a new notion of perfecting the art of the day.

The western tradition that put humans in the center of the moral universe and said "be excellent to each other" and "wherever you go, there you are."

What other religious or philosophical traditions have been part of the Dudevolution throughout history? Talk about them here.