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.	108 Posts 8 Topics	Last post by Anchorite83 in Re: Dudeist iconography ... on January 21, 2017, 12:22:34 AM
Movies, Books, and What-Have-You Other far-out vehicles of holy Dudeist thought.	108 Posts 11 Topics	Last post by First Last in Re: Book: The Subtle Art... on July 17, 2019, 08:10:00 AM
The Jesus There was a lot that was very Dudeish about Christianity's original, uncompromised first draft.	233 Posts 27 Topics	Last post by mnale0507 in Re: A dude of many faith... on May 12, 2017, 09:22:50 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."	65 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by envystomeking in Re: An "Organized" relig... on November 12, 2019, 02:49:04 AM
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