Sage Warrior

Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become Victory

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)

Drawing from Sikh and womanist traditions, Valarie Kaur’s Sage Warrior is a guide to building a new world from the inside out, by becoming what she describes as the essential archetype for our time: the sage warrior, a figure who embodies both the sage, enamored by the world as it is, and the warrior, who fights for the world as it ought to be. Kaur chronicles over 200 years of epic history from the Punjab region, with each chapter focusing on a single Sikh guru, woman ancestor, and corresponding spiritual lesson, beginning with Guru Nanak, Bibi Nanki, and waking to oneness. Subsequent chapters encourage us to nurture our spirits with lessons such as practicing pleasure, metabolizing grief, and shaping change, and exercises at the end of each section guide us on the path of finding our inner sage warrior. Where See No Stranger was an introduction to the ideas around revolutionary love, Sage Warrior is a source of spiritual nourishment for activists. 

Featuring insights from Kaur's own life and brimming with shimmering wisdom, every beautifully rendered story illuminates new ways of seeing and being. This book is for anyone—Sikh and non-Sikh, religious and secular, spiritual and seeking, atheist and agnostic—who hungers for a new world and wants to be brave with their life.
© Amber Castro
Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller See No Stranger. A daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, she has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. In Fall 2022, President Biden honored Valarie at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, naming her as one of sixteen leaders whose work is healing America. Her work has ignited a national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Today, she leads the Revolutionary Love Project to inspire and equip people across America to build the beloved community. View titles by Valarie Kaur
“Drawing upon ancient wisdom while also looking deep within herself (and toward the infinite), Kaur pulls courage from the flames of reality, and calls us all toward sovereignty, sacredness, and love. This is the book we need, and Kaur is a sacred wayfinder.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
 
“Valarie Kaur is a leading light of love and compassion at a time when the world needs it most. Her voice is essential.”—Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
 
“Valarie Kaur is our prophetic voice calling us to reimagine what faith, compassion, and joy must be for our civic village to thrive.”—Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ
 
Sage Warrior is radical, mystical nutritional juice for transforming a world on fire. Drink up!”—V (formerly Eve Ensler), The Vagina Monologues

“This is a transformative text, a must for our dangerously divided and polarized times.”—Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Sikh scholar and author of The First Sikh: The Life and Legacy of Guru Nanak

“A beautiful, hopeful, heartfelt treasure of a book, Sage Warrior will enrich your soul, grow your knowledge base and inspire your activism. If you want to achieve progressive ideals while bridging divides, this is the book for you.”—Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America and author of We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy

“Valarie Kaur is a profound voice in the current wildness, urging us onward out of the darkness, toward love and peace, goodness and thus, freedom.”—Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird and Help, Thanks, Wow

“In reclaiming the stories of women throughout Sikh history, Valarie Kaur breathes new life into us all, restoring the true birthright of the human family: to live as wisdom keepers and champions of justice . . .”—Mirabai Starr, author of Wild Mercy and Caravan of No Despair

“Drawing deep and beautiful resources from her Sikh tradition, Valarie Kaur offers just what we need to grow and thrive and make a difference in our unraveling world.”—Brian D. McLaren, author of Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart

“In Sage Warrior she reaches deep into her life of revolutionary love to share the stream of Sikhism from which she draws insight, guidance, and resilience.”—Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak, Healing the Heart of Democracy, and On the Brink of Everything

“Valarie Kaur is a balm-maker. She churns potions to heal and inspire. Hers is a voice of Revolutionary Love—a voice of resistance and resilience, a sovereign voice . . .”—Bhai Baldeep Singh, acclaimed educator, musician, and revivalist of Sikh wisdom and music traditions

“In these toxic times, Kaur has truly given us a living library.”—John Paul Lederach, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame

About

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)

Drawing from Sikh and womanist traditions, Valarie Kaur’s Sage Warrior is a guide to building a new world from the inside out, by becoming what she describes as the essential archetype for our time: the sage warrior, a figure who embodies both the sage, enamored by the world as it is, and the warrior, who fights for the world as it ought to be. Kaur chronicles over 200 years of epic history from the Punjab region, with each chapter focusing on a single Sikh guru, woman ancestor, and corresponding spiritual lesson, beginning with Guru Nanak, Bibi Nanki, and waking to oneness. Subsequent chapters encourage us to nurture our spirits with lessons such as practicing pleasure, metabolizing grief, and shaping change, and exercises at the end of each section guide us on the path of finding our inner sage warrior. Where See No Stranger was an introduction to the ideas around revolutionary love, Sage Warrior is a source of spiritual nourishment for activists. 

Featuring insights from Kaur's own life and brimming with shimmering wisdom, every beautifully rendered story illuminates new ways of seeing and being. This book is for anyone—Sikh and non-Sikh, religious and secular, spiritual and seeking, atheist and agnostic—who hungers for a new world and wants to be brave with their life.

Author

© Amber Castro
Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller See No Stranger. A daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, she has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. In Fall 2022, President Biden honored Valarie at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, naming her as one of sixteen leaders whose work is healing America. Her work has ignited a national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Today, she leads the Revolutionary Love Project to inspire and equip people across America to build the beloved community. View titles by Valarie Kaur

Praise

“Drawing upon ancient wisdom while also looking deep within herself (and toward the infinite), Kaur pulls courage from the flames of reality, and calls us all toward sovereignty, sacredness, and love. This is the book we need, and Kaur is a sacred wayfinder.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
 
“Valarie Kaur is a leading light of love and compassion at a time when the world needs it most. Her voice is essential.”—Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
 
“Valarie Kaur is our prophetic voice calling us to reimagine what faith, compassion, and joy must be for our civic village to thrive.”—Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ
 
Sage Warrior is radical, mystical nutritional juice for transforming a world on fire. Drink up!”—V (formerly Eve Ensler), The Vagina Monologues

“This is a transformative text, a must for our dangerously divided and polarized times.”—Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Sikh scholar and author of The First Sikh: The Life and Legacy of Guru Nanak

“A beautiful, hopeful, heartfelt treasure of a book, Sage Warrior will enrich your soul, grow your knowledge base and inspire your activism. If you want to achieve progressive ideals while bridging divides, this is the book for you.”—Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America and author of We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy

“Valarie Kaur is a profound voice in the current wildness, urging us onward out of the darkness, toward love and peace, goodness and thus, freedom.”—Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird and Help, Thanks, Wow

“In reclaiming the stories of women throughout Sikh history, Valarie Kaur breathes new life into us all, restoring the true birthright of the human family: to live as wisdom keepers and champions of justice . . .”—Mirabai Starr, author of Wild Mercy and Caravan of No Despair

“Drawing deep and beautiful resources from her Sikh tradition, Valarie Kaur offers just what we need to grow and thrive and make a difference in our unraveling world.”—Brian D. McLaren, author of Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart

“In Sage Warrior she reaches deep into her life of revolutionary love to share the stream of Sikhism from which she draws insight, guidance, and resilience.”—Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak, Healing the Heart of Democracy, and On the Brink of Everything

“Valarie Kaur is a balm-maker. She churns potions to heal and inspire. Hers is a voice of Revolutionary Love—a voice of resistance and resilience, a sovereign voice . . .”—Bhai Baldeep Singh, acclaimed educator, musician, and revivalist of Sikh wisdom and music traditions

“In these toxic times, Kaur has truly given us a living library.”—John Paul Lederach, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame

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