Under the Influences

Taoism Possibly the oldest form of Dudeism. Lao Tzu defined what it meant to take 'er easy and go with the flow.	123 Posts 17 Topics	Last post by BikerDude in Re: Is the Tao just a fa... on August 06, 2019, 06:45:52 AM
Zen Buddhism 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.	119 Posts 13 Topics	Last post by Jianblade in Re: Zen on December 31, 2016, 02:36:41 PM
The Holy Dudest Canon 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.	109 Posts 8 Topics	Last post by HnauHnakrapunt in Re: Dudeist iconography ... on September 01, 2020, 03:35:53 AM
Movies, Books, and What-Have-You Other far-out vehicles of holy Dudeist thought.	143 Posts 43 Topics	Last post by HnauHnakrapunt in Daniel Keown 'The Spark ... on January 20, 2021, 12:47:50 PM
The Jesus There was a lot that was very Dudeish about Christianity's original, uncompromised first draft.	265 Posts 42 Topics	Last post by HnauHnakrapunt in White Light Protection ... on January 06, 2021, 08:16:12 AM
Ancient Greek Philosophy 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.	33 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by DigitalBuddha in Re: The Dude as an epic ... on March 02, 2013, 04:27:03 AM
American Transcendentalism Nature-loving dudes like Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman went a long way towards defining a new notion of perfecting the art of the day.	7 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by cckeiser in Re: New ageism on January 03, 2013, 04:24:08 PM
Humanism 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."	64 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by Rev. Jimmy in Re: An "Organized" relig... on October 20, 2017, 05:49:43 PM
More Influences What other religious or philosophical traditions have been part of the Dudevolution throughout history? Talk about them here.	121 Posts 14 Topics	Last post by Jianblade in Re: Genesis of the Dudes on December 22, 2016, 03:22:40 PM