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(
c.
1551–1637).
Sikh writer contemporary with four
Gur
s
. Bh
Gurd
s was the son of Gur
Amar D
s'
younger brother, and died unmarried. Although of varied literary quality, his compositions are highly regarded as the ‘key to the
di Granth
’. They are not included in this, but, with the Dasam Granth and the poetry of
Nand L
l
‘Goy
’, are approved for recitation in
gurdw
r
s
.
Gurdjieff, Georgy Ivanovich
(
c.
1877–1949).
Writer and one-time director of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, in Paris.
In his lectures, published posthumously as
All and Everything
, or
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
(1973), Gurdjieff traced the development of the universe from its beginnings to modern times.
Gurdjieff, who sought to synthesize Christianity and his own philosophical notions, has had a considerable influence on the thinking of such
new religious movements
as the
metaphysical
and
new age movements
, and Rajneeshism.

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