{"product_id":"the-dude-and-the-zen-master-isbn-9780142180525","title":"The Dude and the Zen Master","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gift for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Lebowski\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeff Bridges's \"The Dude\", and anyone who could use more Zen in their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZen 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures their freewheeling dialogue and remarkable humanism in a book that reminds us of the importance of doing good in a difficult world.“Mr. Bridges and Mr. Glassman are likable, and smart, and interesting...[\u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e] includes compelling discussions of Mr. Bridges’s marriage, acting technique and close relationship with his father...you’ll always be grateful for the hang.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e] is an odd and wonderful little work that makes use of the transcendentally funny characters and language of [The Big Lebowski] as the starting point for a relaxed philosophical discussion about a wide variety of topics.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] truly incredible book about two friends talking about the good life.”\u003cbr\u003e—Huffington Post\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Whether he knows it or not, The Dude’s laissez-faire attitude has become a model for coping with life’s complexities...[in] \u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e, one gets the impression he or she is eavesdropping on an intimate conversation...It’s more than chicken soup for the soul, [it’s] cacciatore for the spirit, a winner’s guide to optimal living—a manual on how to Dude-ify oneself and just abide, man.”\u003cbr\u003e—Examiner.com (Cleveland)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e is an exercise in likeability....[Bridges] is in rare form here....To know the Dude (and, by extension, Bridges’ own meditational endgame) is to love him.”\u003cbr\u003e—The Hairpin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[A] good conversation between good friends...One of the unexpected treats of \u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e is the insights into who Jeff Bridges is behind the Dude persona...touching remembrances of his parents, his reflections on life as a devoted family man, and his behind-the-scenes stories of movies he’s worked on [and] profound little Zen observations and insights sprinkled throughout the book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Dudespaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e doesn’t read like a traditional book at all—but rather riffs like a jam session....you’ll feel as though you yourself sat in on the sessions with the dude behind the Dude in The Big Lebowski and Buddhist buddy, Bernie....And what’s so cool is that the two of them manage to address many of life’s profundities—relationships, politics, working, aging, living, dying—in this very funny and readable jam session.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRock Cellar Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dude and the Zen Master\u003c\/i\u003e [is] a wonderful book of conversations...about acting and Zen and the long, fond relationship between these men.”\u003cbr\u003e—Sheila Heti, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Bridges\u003c\/b\u003e is an Oscar-winning actor, performer, songwriter, and photographer. He is a cofounder of the End Hunger Network and is the national spokesman for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernie Glassman\u003c\/b\u003e is a Zen master and the first dharma successor to Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. He is well known for integrating Zen practice with social, economic, and educational initiatives. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eInstructions to the Cook \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Bearing Witness: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Making Peace.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302541938917,"sku":"NP9780142180525","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142180525.jpg?v=1767739093","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-dude-and-the-zen-master-isbn-9780142180525","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}