Layne Negrin began his spiritual path in 1988, practicing the Gurdjieff tradition exclusively for 19 years, then Mahayana Buddhism (primarily the Soto Zen of Shunryu Suzuki but also the Shambhalian Buddhism of Trungpa Rinpoche) exclusively for the next 13 years, and since 2020, after having realized that the two ideologies are the same in essence, practices both.
Gurdjieff in Tibet not only does what the title implies, providing a thorough examination of Gurdjieff's time in Tibet, it offers a convincing identity for the mysterious Sarmoung Brotherhood, reveals the web of connections between Tibetan Buddhism and the ongoing Gurdjieff Work and includes personal insights, rare photographs and obscure source texts, many of which appear in print in English for the first time. -Andrew Phillip Smith, author of Secret History of the Gnostics, The Lost Teachings of the Cathars and Pages From a Welsh Cunning Man's Book Layne Negrin's book is a wonder as it traces the mysterious and previously unfathomable searches and accomplishments of G.I. Gurdjieff. Most readers and practitioners of the Work are satisfied with bits and pieces of hearsay accumulated and subsequently forgotten. These pieces presume connections to sources Mr Gurdjieff made during his excavation of the meaning and purpose of organic and human life on Earth. Mr Negrin was not satisfied with these crumbs that lay scattered about, but instead began an independent extensive excavation for the threads that connect Gurdjieff's efforts, his writings, practices and sacred dances, to other true sources still existing of a great jigsaw puzzle. Mr Negrin clarifies the puzzle and how Gurdjieff's Work brings it all together and he spurs us to be both curious and excited about the puzzle as it emerges in Gurdjieff In Tibet. -Dr Russell Schreiber, author of Gurdjieff's Transformational Psychology and 210 Psychological Explorations for Objective & Compassionate Self-Study