Jeff Bridges' The Dude Is a Zen Master in Buddhist Circles

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 become a Zen master.
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Jeff Bridges' The Dude Is a Zen Master in Buddhist Circles
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[@onesixgg]

I could listen to Jeff Bridges talk all day.

[@nawshaba152]

I was about to write the exact same thing.

[@mickmerriman3570]

I, also, was about to post that. Could just talk about everything with the Dude. We're sharing a transcendent experience, right here.

[@jordanco7380]

Same

[@JohnWestIV]

www.dreamingwithjeff.com/ You're welcome

[@Chubbywubbysandwich]

I didnt realize i felt this until I read your comment lol

[@Jaketopher_]

He's literally the dude man

[@UprightEnjoyment]

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man

[@ddorman365]

[@nebulousisgod]

He is 100% the Dude. Jeff Dowd is the original Dude but Bridges adopted it. He is a zen master.

[@SH3RIFF187]

Duderino

[@th3orist]

what i love most about the dude character is how authentic he is and that he does not let anything stress him out but rather believes that nothing can be THAT bad that you have to stress yourself out because of it. It's just refreshing.

[@TacomaPaul]

Met him a few years ago when his band played the Pantages in Tacoma. Small place, and right across the courtyard/street was a Subway. I said, "There's a Subway across the street. Want a sandwich" ? "Hell, yeah... let's go". (Even though there was food backstage). Nicest DUDE ever.

[@spotlightishere]

you ate together?! omg, I wish I didn't have a hand but have a sandwich with JEFF

[@nebulousisgod]

Having a sandwich with the Dude might be the coolest experience ever. Well, one of them.

[@diogenes5381]

The Dude abides!!

[@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

Jeff is a 20 year old at heart.

[@paulmrjohnson]

He is so high in this video...

[@organicprinciples]

I was totally lost after abput 3 mins but totally fascinated at the same time. That's when you know you're listening to a legend

[@jsan2586]

You should meditate, wo-man

[@EpicPie0]

I love jimmy for promoting eastern philosophy on his show, little things like this go a long way for a lot of people. I got super excited when Jeff mentioned ram dass

[@haroldh8314]

That's your opinion man

[@TheHobbit28]

Should be the slogan of the KZbin comment section :)

[@onaughto]

I love this guy.. he seems like he would be fun to hang out with.

[@ddorman365]

I feel good knowing that The Dude Is out there Abiding for us all, Thank yooo Jimmy that was beautiful, Thank you to all my ZEN Sisters and Brothers, peace and love, Doug :).

[@PeterMacland]

He went full dude there.

[@evolve101]

I love this man. The dude is Zen. Zen is the dude.

[@CullenCochran]

Man, I love Jeff. He's just a real, old fashioned American tripper.

[@ClayMcDonald]

NEW SHOW IDEA: Let Jeff Bridges talk about whatever he wants. Maybe let him do a j. I'd watch that for hours, man.

[@EnoVarma]

I bet that isolation tank really tied the room together.

[@Ope_itsadam]

@@lynnturman8157 Chinaman isn't the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

[@cw4025]

hey man thats my line

[@mulhamkartal6619]

The China man is not the issue here !!

[@RH-cf4ic]

I think this was the highest interview I've ever watched.

[@WaleliMoonrise]

Right after 1:35 I was hollering "Altered States!!!" That's the movie with William Hurt and the sensory deprivation tank stuff. Jeff Bridges is awesome! I love that movie Big Lebowski and I've read the book called The Dude and The Zen Master.

[@MentorRick]

I've read my copy about 5 times. It's like my field manual for abiding

[@irishelk3]

Not a man you'd meet everyday this guy, so down to earth.

[@mihaelprislin8382]

That is the greatest actor ever lived, his THE DUDE! And that's my opinion!

[@thefilmandmusic]

My fav actor .. His tv series ‘The Old Man’.. early episodes brill

[@ogersteiner]

I love Jeff B. The Dude is awesome!!!!

[@go-goakins1489]

Wise man as well great actor Jeff bridges is..

[@BlakieTT]

HELL OR HIGH WATER! That is a great movie!

[@baptm727]

Did not know that Jeff Bridges used to hang with Ram Dass, what a dude!

[@SurfNinja92]

I sometimes forget how old jeff bridges is and it makes me sad. The dude abides.

[@mishastone]

That's a cool shirt.

[@RhettReisman]

Jeff Bridges is the dude

[@ericeasterday5849]

Jeff Bridges seems like the nicest guy in the world!! I would love to meet him one day!! 😊 I’m glad that he’s not rude like most of those Hollywood stars. Sean Penn, Quentin Tarantino, Jodi Foster, Chevy Chase, etc.

[@jkhegarty857]

The movie the "Dude" mentioned that William Hurt was in regarding sensory deprivation is called "Altered States".

[@knicks9899]

"Altered States" is the movie...

[@mishastone]

Sick movie.

[@delta0921]

One of the best movies from the 80's.

[@novemberm00n24]

Great movie!

[@sickoftheleft5434]

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[@ludovicofabris5819]

I re watched in HD a little while ago! I`ve only seen it in VHS back in the 80´s. Awesome movie.

[@stickyone11]

Id love to just sit n smoke with the Dude and pick his brain about the vast wisdom of the universes.

[@tr0nd15c]

I f*cking love you Jeff /*AHEM*, The Dude.

[@PanickedTato]

Rhett & Link (Good Mythical Morning) did the isolation tank thing and came out very strange too.

[@nhaikof7056]

I feel like Jimmy wasn't following any of this conversation he seemed so lost

[@AskMeddi]

"STFU Jimmy", with Walter Sobchek's voice!

[@NaikMichel]

Jimmy does a lot of cocaine and weed. No wonder

[@GerryBlue]

Nah, not drugs, Jeff is just way ahead of Jimmy in his life path.

[@stalin2944]

Hands off Jimmy -don't touch Jimmy

[@andrewkinnamon7237]

@Est Tse well that is weird considering, Jimmy has the most subs on KZbin... Jack ASS

[@johnjarou2357]

jeff bridges. I want to tell you, I admire a lot of your acting. Seabiscuit is my favorite!

[@bigdaddyfilmmaker]

This is so good.

[@jordanco7380]

Took me a couple of minutes to finally realize what he was talking about on this place you go in with the water and shit lol then I remember Rhett and Link did it in one of their videos doing it , so cool

[@ghostguru5589]

Gotta love the dude and his awesomeness man haha

[@NowBack2TheGoodPart]

Gotta love his beard

[@danieladams4561]

This guy is so young at heart man. He’s not his actual age. No way! He’s way younger in his mind.

[@MrJrobb182]

Jimmy sounds like he is trying to participate in class but he never read the chapter assigned for last nights home work.

[@majamaja2363]

Such a cool guy!

[@OnTheFritz602]

Love the Dude!

[@m1sterman96]

This is it!! Most of anxiety is because “we tell ourselves these little stories” which have no real sense behind them at all

[@sonny3854]

I went to a party at Jeff's house one day, which is near the Bridges. Reese was there, with her spoon as usual. Emma was there too, she got Stoned again. I found Kristen's Wig there, she always loses it that girl. At some point Jeff did the weirdest sneaze that I've ever heared, it sounded like this "Schwarzenegger!!" ... anyways I said bless you. Sadly Denzel didn't show up, we were all wondering where he was. Our friend Nicolas was still in the Cage, but happily Morgan was a Freeman.

[@manaspanda3480]

Did Murray pay the parties Bill. And then he went on a cruise with Tom & to Holland with the other Tom.

[@Vengent1]

the dude is my patronis

[@MentorRick]

Still such an underrated comment

[@linengray]

We need another Lebowski movie. The dude abides..

[@PlanetarPL]

Yesterday I was wondering wheres koan in this: "Shut the fuck up Donnie"? I could not figure out so I drop it and forget about it. And now today I watching this second time and out of the sudden I just realized it!

[@TheAngelsHealing]

I love him

[@shannyndavis6523]

You're killing your father Larry! 😂

[@waveInfinite]

Legendary

[@ahmetaltugaktassfm2813]

When i looked at you, i thought you were a bad actor. But then i looked at you now, you are more excellent than i thought. I was wrong about you. You are very fantastic.

[@luvyou-baby]

tripping on magic mushrooms inside a isolation tank- might be a good healing for the mind

[@evice]

That's high level man... Maybe like, tone it down a bit dude. claustrophobia and shrooms can't be a good mix.

[@nebulousisgod]

That sort of defeats the purpose of an isolation tank. It’s supposed to block out all external stimuli in a calming way, but mushrooms tend to force stimuli and overexcite your perception.

[@RitaPortugirl]

I feel like jeff bridges has never been bad looking, ever

[@swoop932]

very best Man Jeff, i love him.......

[@a.t.3192]

God, I wish Jeff Bridges would adopt me lol. Legit coolest dude ever.

[@emiliospowerballer1441]

Well look at that, the Dude finally got Big Lebowskis millions and became a star, meeeaaaaaann

[@RandyBakers]

But what about my rug man? It really tied the room together...

[@d-mack7053]

The Dude Abides!!!!! And by the way...... The carpet tied the room together!!!!!!!!

[@michellerosejacksoncomedy]

THE DUDE!

[@izzybitsyspider03]

It's sort of weird because there's a Burgess Meredith movie from the 1940s playing right now on TCM - Tom, Dick and Harry!

[@TonyVega123]

I wanna have a drink with this guy.

[@pjm8395_]

Jeff is the coolest fucking guy

[@85deadloverslane]

FLYNN LIVES

[@omare_biketonature]

His Dudeness!

[@ZornDunkelheit]

The Dude abides.

[@bearwithgirl]

"Man" 😆❤

[@Cluelessruin]

Nice

[@wtb212]

Fallon is so fake... he's just repeating the last words Jeff is saying with a smile as if he knows wtf he's talking about. Jeff is totally real and with it.

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

wtb212 i feel like he does that a lot of his guests

[@UFO_808]

But not even close to Conan, that prick has so obvious fake laugh it's even hard to listen

[@rathodkaran6190]

@@UFO_808 you got something to back that up man?

[@pranavnnair5]

@@UFO_808 I've heard a lot of shit opinions but your opinion takes the cake.

[@cameron6081]

THE DUDE!!!!

[@jungobungo327]

The name of the movie with William Hurt was called altered states

[@findingemo3691]

When he couldn't think of anything to say about the isolation tank, I was surprised he didn't say "fuckin"

[@maxziebell4013]

The Movie is called "Altered States"… great stuff!

[@chrisdudeson6125]

The Dude abides man! The dude abides!

[@praisetruth6315]

Idk why but I find everything he says funny.

[@Freddd95]

He was sitting at a dinner between Ram Dass and Bernie Glassman... Wow

[@chazblank2717]

“Altered States” was the movie about John Lilly...

[@Pos608]

This is his most dude interview ever

[@FrankTBird1]

Jeff bridges needs to go on the Joe Rogan Podcast

[@nebulousisgod]

He’s 100% the Dude in every way. Jeff Dowd was the original Dude the Coens based him off, but they adopted it and wrote it precisely for Bridges. And you can probably see why. Jeff abides.

[@surrealistscholar9193]

The title for this should have been: Jeff Bridges Scared He Will Get Breasts

[@Tardisius]

I bet he can play the piano too =))

[@francesca7142]

"Altered States" is the movie.

[@amrit44b]

i follow the religion dudiesm and im very religious

[@mrsperfectlyfine450]

Amrit I like your profile picture

[@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

Almost punched and smashed my screen dude!

[@michaelmcclure3383]

The movie was called altered state Jeff haha

[@galactic904]

A message from the Dude man, hahaha

[@sanjuansteve]

To be unoffendable like The Dude, is absolutely zen master level shit! :D #BeUnoffendable

[@decencywarrior9598]

the one strict buddhist I actually built a prayer temple for - tried to ruin my life -she was so fucking damaged . lol

[@jimmieraper5807]

The Boss

[@alexmorrison9156]

He looks more and more like Kris Kristofferson

[@jukebox5307]

My naem iss jaeeff

[@megaexidor]

The ringer can not look empty!

[@ZebbMassiv]

The Dude Abides.

[@manujkantimazumdar]

He talks about Pacino in 2017 Pacino talks about him in 2020. 😆

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

Starman dude.

[@taoist32]

winehousedrunk Yeah, back then he was The Dude before he was The Dude.

[@Flimpofloempieflomp]

Is he talking about altered states?

[@axelayalajimenez5324]

"Ohhh i know this!" *30 secs later* "what's an isolation tank?"

[@creaturelive]

Is this 'The Dude' playing Jeff Bridges...or is Jeff Bridges just a modern day Cowboy Zen being... or Jeff Bridges wasn't acting during the Big Lebowski...I am confuse

[@seancarson1212]

I think Jeff has evolved into The Dude...

+1 hahaha

[@comedian416]

The Dude.....

[@tedl7538]

Seems like a talk show host should be a lot more conversant on all the subjects Bridges covered. Popular culture, the arts, history, psychology, we're not talking quantum physics here (although a bit of that in one's pocket wouldn't hurt either).