The perfect gift for fans of The Big Lebowski, Jeff Bridges's "The Dude", and anyone who could use more Zen in their lives. Zen Master Bernie Glassman compares Jeff Bridges’s iconic role in The Big Lebowski to a Lamed-Vavnik: one of the men in Jewish mysticism who are “simple and unassuming,” and “so good that on account of them God lets the world go on.” Jeff puts it another way. “The wonderful thing about the Dude is that he’d always rather hug it out than slug it out.” For more than a decade, Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges and his Buddhist teacher, renowned Roshi Bernie Glassman, have been close friends. Inspiring and often hilarious, The Dude and the Zen Master captures their freewheeling dialogue and remarkable humanism in a book that reminds us of the importance of doing good in a difficult world.

The Dude and the Zen Master

Biographies & Memoirs

Bridges, Jeff

Glassman, Bernie

Arts & Literature

Plume

The New York Times bestseller from Academy award-winning actor Jeff Bridges and Zen leader and author of Bearing Witness, Bernie Glassman. Zen master Bernie Glassman compares Jeff Bridges’s iconic role in The Big Lebowski to a Lamed-Vavnik: one of the men in Jewish mysticism who “are simple and unassuming, and so good that, on account of them, God lets the world go on.” His buddy Jeff puts it another way. The wonderful thing about the Dude, he says, is that he’d always rather hug it out than slug it out. 
For more than a decade, Academy Award–winning actor Jeff Bridges and his buddhist teacher, renowned Roshi Bernie Glassman, have been close friends. Inspiring and often hilarious, The Dude and the Zen Master captures their freewheeling dialogue about life, laughter, and the movies with a charm and bonhomie that never fail to enlighten and entertain. Throughout, their remarkable humanism reminds us of the importance of doing good in a difficult world.

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Blue Rider Press

The Dude and the Zen Master 12-Copy Floor Display

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Plume Books

Jeff Bridges is one of the world's most popular actors and his unforgettable performance as The Dude in Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski, made him a cult hero. His remarkable career as an actor, performer and songwriter has brought him an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award. Away from the spotlight, Bridges is a dedicated practitioner of Zen Buddhism and for more than a decade has been close friends with Zen leader Bernie Glassman. It is Glassman who has helped guide Bridges' lessons on the path to enlightenment and the two have spent many hours discussing life, love, the movies, creativity, happiness and death.\nWith wit, charm and profound insight, Bridges and Glassman discover the Zen in iconic scenes and lines from The Big Lebowski. With honesty and humour, Bridges explores how his Zen practice and his life experience inform one another as he discusses his loving relationship with his parents, his marriage, his highly successful career and his warm connection with his fans.

Professionals & Academics

Corgi Books

Iron Man

Arad, Avi

Favreau, Jon

Howard, Terrence

MARVEL STUDIOS

Downey, Robert

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

(Fictitious character)

Marvel Entertainment Group

Feige, Kevin

Fairview Entertainment (firm)

Paramount Home Entertainment

Jeff Bridges uses his Widelux camera to take on-set photos from movie sets since the 1980s, offering commentary and photographs, providing an inside look at the sets of such movies as "The Big Lebowski" and "Blown Away."

Pictures by Jeff Bridges

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Power House Books

El Nota (The Dude) y el maestro Zen

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gaia Ediciones

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