Editing Fourth Way (section)

===Assessment and analysis / after Gurdjieff's death===
Gurdjieff's followers believed he was a spiritual master,<ref>''Meetings with Remarkable Men'', translator's note</ref> a human being who is fully awake or [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|enlightened]]. He was also seen as an [[Western esotericism|esotericist]] or [[occult]]ist.<ref>[http://skepdic.com/gurdjief.html Gurdjieff article in ''The Skeptic's dictionary''] by [[Robert Todd Carroll]]</ref> He agreed that the teaching was esoteric but claimed that none of it was veiled in secrecy but that many people lack the interest or the capability to understand it.<ref>P.D. Ouspensky, ''In Search of the Miraculous'', p.38.</ref>

After Gurdjieff's death in 1949 a variety of groups around the world have attempted to continue The Gurdjieff Work. The Gurdjieff Foundation, was established in 1953 in New York City by [[Jeanne de Salzmann]] in cooperation with other direct pupils.<ref>[http://www.gurdjieff.org/foundation.htm The Gurdjieff Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

He left a body of music, inspired by that which he had heard in remote monasteries and other places, which was written for piano in collaboration with one of his pupils, [[Thomas de Hartmann]].<ref>[http://www.gurdjieff.org/mangan1.html Thomas de Hartmann: A Composer’s Life]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by John Mangan</ref>

The Fourth way was influenced by [[Tibetan Buddhism]], according to Jose Tirado,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gurdjieff-internet |url=http://www.gurdjieff-internet.com/article_details.php?ID=251&W=39 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029052050/http://www.gurdjieff-internet.com/article_details.php?ID=251&W=39 |archive-date=29 October 2007 |access-date=11 May 2007}}</ref> and [[Chatral Rinpoche]] alleged that Gurdjieff spent several years in a Buddhist monastery in the [[Swat valley]].<ref>[http://amritayana.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/meetings-with-three-tibetan-masters.html Meetings with Three Tibetan Masters]</ref>