The Dude Testament: A Philosophical Explanation of The Big Lebowski and Dudeism

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  • The first and longest section of the book "The Abide Guide" by Oliver Benjamin and Dwayne Eutsey. The Dude Testament explains why "The Big Lebowski" is such a profound film and why so many people find solace and inspiration in its philosophy! More information here: dudeism.com/th... and dudeism.com/abide. Purchase the entire audiobook at gum.co/AbideGuide
    Read by Daniel Baker and Susan McGurl

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  • @Nik-wj6zv
    @Nik-wj6zv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    "The idea is this: Life is short, and complicated, and nobody knows what to do about it. So don't do anything about it. Just take it easy, man."
    I really do dig your style, dude.

  • @DanielBakerFlexGrooves
    @DanielBakerFlexGrooves ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I am so happy to see this!!!! I loved being the voice of this valuable book!

    • @tylerrathel2006
      @tylerrathel2006 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If this is true then, like, thanks man

  • @ORANGECHEEZEIT
    @ORANGECHEEZEIT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    When I get too high or have anxiety I put on the The Big Lebowski... But as I get older I've started to become a Walter Sobchak kind of guy. I've been making everything about Nam and my next move is to violate article 27 of the league's by-laws

    • @valarkov6455
      @valarkov6455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just.. take it easy, man..

    • @tonym994
      @tonym994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you're planning on "crossing the line?" or threatening bodily harm on another bowler? article 27....hmm...how many presidents are in this film? I see 2.Nixon and Bush. Nixon (unlike the Dude), is seen bowling in a poster on The Dude's wall.

    • @tonym994
      @tonym994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I still wanna know why the Dude never once, bowls.

    • @ohiotattoo1
      @ohiotattoo1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The fact that they had to write that in the bowling by-laws makes me wonder if Walter has done that before because SOMEONE had to threatened another bowler for then to write a rule about it. And if so what's the story behind it. My money is on Walter

    • @ohiotattoo1
      @ohiotattoo1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@tonym994 I had to point that out to all my friends. None of them noticed lol

  • @-8_8-
    @-8_8- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Discovering things like duder shabbas is like discovering I've been a practicing dude and didn't know it. Anyone else?

  • @-8_8-
    @-8_8- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Come on Dude, give 'er a like. These are decent folk who can use the metrics.

  • @justingreen2432
    @justingreen2432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My dude! This is far fucking out man! I was wondering when this would come to TH-cam so I could pack a bowl, brew some joe and take it easy while listening! Many thanks dude! 😎😎😎

    • @-8_8-
      @-8_8- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1 year later, that is my current moment.

  • @dante666jt
    @dante666jt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Far out man! And the narrator voice is also perfect.

  • @ohiotattoo1
    @ohiotattoo1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fun fact..The story behind where the The Dude gets his money is he inherited a chunk of the royalties from his uncle who invented The Rubix Cube lmao. According to Joel and Ethan. Since it isn't in the film its not cannon but great back story. The fact that he got his money from an object that revolves around problem solving but the Dude is stumbling through the problem solving thr mystery of how kidnapped Bunny is beyond ironic and poetic

  • @tonym994
    @tonym994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    my compliments to the cartoonist. he don't need no fancy instruments to draw a half-ass circle. or a bowling ball that resembles a flat basketball. the Kahlua stains on the parchment are brilliant.

    • @1050speed
      @1050speed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They should make a copy on a rug it would tie my roon together really well

    • @tonym994
      @tonym994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1050speed right. but ONLY the Kahlua stains.

    • @1050speed
      @1050speed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh!! I've already got one then

  • @casperpearson1796
    @casperpearson1796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My perfect listening companion to remind me to take things easy and lose any Walter vibes the storm outside my door my throw my way ✌

  • @randomdude93-93
    @randomdude93-93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Far fuckin out, man. Thanks for sharing!

  • @marcwhilden5517
    @marcwhilden5517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As a new dude minister I just have to say our religion is growing faster than Scientology man. Bubble bubble bubble (me smoking from a bong). Bubble.

    • @angleseyhypnosis
      @angleseyhypnosis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've been a Dudeist minister for 4 years now and have done absolutely nothing with it. So my friend if you really put your heart and soul into it you too can reach the same level of chilled outness as I have achieved.

    • @kukuvau3408
      @kukuvau3408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@angleseyhypnosis It's so funny to me that not having done anything with your position as a Dudeist minister is in itself the most dude-like thing you could have done.

  • @TheNoobMaster84
    @TheNoobMaster84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the enlightment Dude

  • @jordantbaker
    @jordantbaker ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Look, this is awesome...but how cool would it be if Sam Elliot had read it in character?

  • @humphreybrogart8392
    @humphreybrogart8392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Jeff Bridges needs to voice this

    • @sinatra222
      @sinatra222 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man.

  • @knugster
    @knugster 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish i could live like this... but my country and society prohibits me from fully abiding.

  • @djsteamboat
    @djsteamboat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks!

  • @robbanksinc
    @robbanksinc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aaawh man... That's awesome y'all... I'm in. "Dude man.... Man dude"....

  • @ajjamz
    @ajjamz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As read by FOREST GUMP!

  • @Moses6868
    @Moses6868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    .... I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention. ✌️

    • @tonym994
      @tonym994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you were smokin' reefer!

  • @Dirty_Trippy
    @Dirty_Trippy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I began listening to this for 5 minutes a day. On the second day, er, i er, kinda forgot, and what day of the week is it?

  • @josephturner4047
    @josephturner4047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As Oh Brother was the Oddysey, BL was Alice. Life ! What is it but a dream.

  • @MelloraFraggle
    @MelloraFraggle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just watched this a few hours ago😄

  • @livetomanifest2272
    @livetomanifest2272 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still hear will Forte every time I listen to this

  • @sonnyfletcher9014
    @sonnyfletcher9014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i`m a dudeist!!

  • @reiglefontes
    @reiglefontes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excelente cara

  • @suryaeemani1046
    @suryaeemani1046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tied the universe together 😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @genem3785
    @genem3785 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Try as I might to live the spirit of El Duderino, Walter has been winning the battle lately. That's alright though because the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

  • @dustydustydusty
    @dustydustydusty 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah

  • @dineshchaure4944
    @dineshchaure4944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want this book in hindi language

  • @robertstewart8930
    @robertstewart8930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Far fucking out Man.

  • @anthonysakowski9261
    @anthonysakowski9261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jerusalem cruisers not flip-flops. Dude

  • @thomas6502
    @thomas6502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sadly, exaggerated accents make me up tight. (Is there a "just read the damn words" version?)

    • @bootstrapperwilson7687
      @bootstrapperwilson7687 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That sounds like "Just play the f**king note." Father Ted at his most uptight angry.

    • @thomas6502
      @thomas6502 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol... had to look it up. Pure gold! (This dude abides... and approves!)

  • @richardlebreton6690
    @richardlebreton6690 ปีที่แล้ว

    the faux "cowboy" speaking pattern/accent makes to hard for me to listen to. Don't know if that's just how the book is written (will find out later today when Amazon delivers it)

  • @durt9872
    @durt9872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s the difference between this and Absurdism?

    • @Nik-wj6zv
      @Nik-wj6zv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I dunno. It's a very complex case - there's a lot of ins and outs and what-have-yous.
      As a noob to Absurdism, I shouldn't say too much. I think you can maybe draw a Venn diagram with a big overlap. It's been stated a bunch of times that the Dudeist way isn't really new, and it's gone by many names before, to varying degrees.
      Absurdism seems to be pretty focused on a specific existential dilemma about meaning vs meaninglessness. Dudeism has a wider lens, and abiding is much more generic than the absurdist approach to accepting that one existential conundrum. Acceptance is in ways pretty similar to abiding... but it doesn't seem to "take it easy, man."
      But that is, like... just my opinion, man.

    • @durt9872
      @durt9872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Nik-wj6zv that’s some good stuff right there, if you haven’t read it I’d recommend reading The Good Soldier Svejk, random, but an great novel from a Czech author named Jaroslav Hasek

  • @MrChoco409
    @MrChoco409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:52:24 amogus

  • @TheDxses
    @TheDxses 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😅😂

  • @j2times2006
    @j2times2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's just a movie man

    • @rorschachblot274
      @rorschachblot274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      That's like.... Your opinion man

    • @zilfi111
      @zilfi111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said.

  • @battambangscooterandmotorc460
    @battambangscooterandmotorc460 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol. Nerds.

  • @piper888
    @piper888 ปีที่แล้ว

    DUDE... I appreciate your making fun of Adam Sandler films. 4:30
    I can't believe he's getting the Mark Twain award for humor.😎🥸🤥🤡🍻🍺🍸
    Get some sitar music, and some wind chimes playing underneath this....... it would help 😶😐