Sage Warrior

Profound inner wisdom for courageous action—from the author of See No Stranger. and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a "prophetic voice of our generation" (America Ferrera). How do we find the wisdom to envision a new world and the courage to fight for it. How do we survive seemingly apocalyptic times. In a world on fire, how do we find love and joy. We are not the first to ask these questions-in fact, seeking answers to them forged one of the world's great wisdom traditions. In a time riven by caste, conquest, and cruelty, Sikhs blazed the path of the sage warrior. Sages are figures of love, wonder, pleasure, and service; warriors radiate agency and ethical power-their mission is to fight for humanity, including their own. The sage warrior. was not just an ideal that allowed Sikhs to survive centuries of conflict-it is also the essential archetype of our own time of turmoil, one we can all embody to change the world around us while cultivating our own souls. Valarie Kaur combines the epic, immersive story of her Sikh ancestors-centering the stories of the women who worked to map the path of the sage warrior-with the chronicle of a personal journey: her pilgrimage with her young famiy to the Panjab sites where the stories unfolded, an occasionally comic adventure married to sublime moments of connection and insight. Each chapter offers a lesson that emerges with beautiful clarity from the stories-from practicing pleasure to metabolizing grief to shaping change. Brimming with shimmering wisdom, every beautifully rendered story illuminates new ways of seeing and being. This brilliantly creative work is for anyone-from any faith tradition or spiritual practice or none at all—who hungers for a better world and a deeper connection to their own power.