Dudeism (The Church of the Latter-Day Dude)

Parody faith·Founded 2005 CE

Dudeism (The Church of the Latter-Day Dude)

Branch
Rite of Dudeism (The Church of the Latter-Day Dude)

Abiding.

The daily practice, such as it is: catching yourself mid-effort and stopping. Dudeism prescribes no sitting, no schedule and no place, on the grounds that a practice with requirements would contradict its own content.

⏱ daily◌ anyone
What happensNotice the thing you are about to strive at. Do not
What it needsNothing, ideally a bathrobe
What it aims atEase held as a discipline rather than a mood
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this rite is held

Dudeism prescribes no sitting, no schedule, no posture and no place, and this is a doctrinal position rather than an omission. A practice with requirements would contradict the content of the practice, so what is offered instead is a habit: catching yourself mid-effort and stopping. The church's materials describe it as noticing the moment at which a small thing is being turned into a large one, and declining the turn. Ordination is free and instant, and the church has issued hundreds of thousands of them, which means its priest count says nothing about how many people do any of this. Dudeists are relaxed about that too — a religion whose central instruction is to take it easy has no obvious way to measure compliance and no interest in trying.

The same ground, other faiths

rites that share this one's ideas
Sitting and forgetting. Taoism · the interior Go deeper →
The daily sit. Buddhism Go deeper →
The four who went into the orchard. Judaism · story Read it in full →
The Philokalia. Christianity · scripture Open the book →

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