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by FBM » Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:53 pm
The man who founded a religion based on 'The Big Lebowski'
People who intuitively perceive 2,500-year-old Chinese and Greek concepts, while nodding to California's detached hippie philosophy and quoting droll lines from “The Big Lebowski,” which turns 15 this year, are joining a revelatory religion that has illuminated its U.S. founder in northern Thailand.
Dubbed "Church of the Latter-Day Dude," the group also invites "mellow, unflashy chicks who hang around in their bathrobes and take baths with candles and whale sounds," says the religion's Dudely Lama, Oliver Benjamin.
"Everyone feels oppressed by society's pressures," Benjamin says.
"Everyone wishes they had more freedom. Everyone wishes they could be more carefree, to worry less about money and status."
Benjamin's church is heavily influenced by the Tao of Lao Tzu (6th century B.C.), Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) and the “The Big Lebowski,” a 1998 film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The film stars Jeff Bridges as a surreal, hilarious, ironic, marijuana-smoking, satirical, 40-something character nicknamed "the Dude.”
Asked by a woman in the movie what he likes to do for fun, the Dude replies: "Oh, you know, the usual. Bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
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http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/life/doct ... ?hpt=hp_c5
Hope they open a branch around here soon...
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by Bella Fortuna » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:00 pm
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by Svartalf » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:04 pm
Does the Holy Ganja play a part in this new religion?
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by FBM » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:08 pm
Well, duh. The founder is based in Thailand.
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by Svartalf » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:10 pm
I though opium was more the smoke of choice there.
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by FBM » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:14 pm
Svartalf wrote:I though opium was more the smoke of choice there.
The herb superb is ubiquitous there, it's just less edgy. Not worth talking about because it's so common. And ridiculously illegal.
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