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.	124 Posts 18 Topics	Last post by HnauHnakrapunt in Jonathan Herman 'Taoism ... on February 24, 2021, 07:10:48 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.	120 Posts 13 Topics	Last post by sosenroshi in Re: Zen on March 22, 2021, 08:59:49 AM
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.	153 Posts 44 Topics	Last post by boltligarus in Re: Voltaire 'Treatise o... on August 01, 2022, 01:39:23 PM
The Jesus There was a lot that was very Dudeish about Christianity's original, uncompromised first draft.	268 Posts 45 Topics	Last post by HnauHnakrapunt in Eliza Rickman 'Into My A... on March 01, 2021, 10:18:52 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