Ebook {Epub PDF} The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges

 · By Nicole Cliffe Janu. In collaboration with his longtime friend and “Zen master,” Bernie Glassman, Jeff Bridges has presented the world with a jam session in book form (Amazon | Indiebound). The scare quotes are not meant to undermine Glassman, who seems like a very nice person with fine, legitimate credentials engaged in the process of doing very nice things in a Author: Nicole Cliffe. 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/5(). A dialogue between the actor and his long-time spiritual guru explores the challenges of Bridges' Hollywood career and the ways in which Zen teachings have informed his efforts to User Interaction Count:

The Dude and the Zen Master | 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.". The Dude and the Zen Master | Chapter 4 of Author: Jeff Bridges | Submitted by: Maria Garcia | Views | Add a Review. Jeff Bridges and his Zen master, Bernie Glassman, look at their world in a new book. Their powerful wisdom for the ages is based on Bridges' 'Big Lebowski' character, the "Dude". "If you can step.

Actor/Musician Jeff Bridges, who practices meditation every day, will co-write a book of Zen teachings, called “The Dude and the Zen Master,” to be published in November Bridges (The Dude) will join with social activist Bernie Glassman (The Zen Master) to discuss life, film and trying to do good, according to the LA Times. By Nicole Cliffe Janu. In collaboration with his longtime friend and “Zen master,” Bernie Glassman, Jeff Bridges has presented the world with a jam session in book form (Amazon | Indiebound). The scare quotes are not meant to undermine Glassman, who seems like a very nice person with fine, legitimate credentials engaged in the process of doing very nice things in a thoughtful manner, but rather to make clear, from the beginning, that this is the Zen of “.and the Art of. Jeff Bridges discusses his mentors, including the inventor of the isolation tank, and explains why his renowned character The Dude from The Big Lebowski has.