Sage Warrior, Valarie Kaur
Sage Warrior, Valarie Kaur
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Sage Warrior
Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become Victory

Author: Valarie Kaur

Narrator: Valarie Kaur, Harjit "Dolly" Kaur Brar

Unabridged: 14 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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 sant sipahi, the sage warrior. The sage radiates love and Oneness; the warrior activates that ethical power to fight for humanity. These energies empowered the first Sikhs to survive near-annihilation in South Asia nearly half a millennium ago. The sage warrior is the essential archetype for our time of turmoil—one we can all embody to cultivate our souls and transform the world.

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  children to the Panjab, India, where the stories unfolded, an occasionally comic adventure woven with sublime moments of connection and insight. Each chapter offers a lesson that emerges from the stories—from practicing pleasure to metabolizing grief to choosing courage.

Sage Warrior shimmers with wisdom: Every story is accompanied by meditations, illuminating new ways of seeing and being. This journey is for anyone—from any faith tradition or spiritual practice or none at all—who hungers for a better world and is ready to discover the depth of their own power.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains an illustrated map of Punjab, an ancestral tree, a family photo, a glossary, and acknowledgments from the printed book.

About The Author

Valarie Kaur is a visionary civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller See No Stranger. Her work has ignited national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Today, she leads the Revolutionary Love Project: revolutionarylove.org

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amber on October 16, 2024

Kaur's message is deeply spiritual and strikingly practical. She asks us to confront our own pain and that of others with fierce kindness, encouraging us to see ourselves not as isolated individuals but as interconnected threads in a larger, beautiful tapestry. I was inspired by her vision of a worl......more

Goodreads review by Dkoonce on March 08, 2025

I did not know anything about out Valarie Kaur or the Sikh religion before I read this book. I listened to a podcast with the author being interviewed by Brene Brown and really liked her idea of revolutionary love for today’s world. This book alternates between the formation history if the Sikh reli......more

Goodreads review by Harsimar on January 14, 2025

i'd give this six stars if i could.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 12, 2024

This is a beautifully crafted story. Valarie Kaur takes us along on her pilgrimage to her ancestral home in Punjab and she weaves the history of the birth of the Sikh tradition into her story. We follow her and her two young children through the wonders of the historical places that figured prominen......more

Goodreads review by Reader on March 22, 2025

This book opened my heart to deeper compassion. I sobbed at times in shared pain and joy from reading the stories of the Sikh ancestors who faced genocide and oppression from the Mughal empire and then others repeating the cycle. The lessons learned from these stories brought me to begin to see no s......more

Quotes

“Sage Warrior is far more than a book—it’s a sacred invitation. Valarie Kaur’s courageous exploration of ancestral wisdom combined with her insights are exactly what the world is craving right now.”—Brené Brown, PhD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atlas of the Heart

“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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caste

“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

“Sage Warrior is a brilliant gem. It is an inspiring healing odyssey and practical guide to unlock our courage, drawing from the deep wisdom and faith of women in the Sikh tradition.”—Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow

“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

“When prophets speak, the village should listen, and when the village is in need, prophets shall arise. Valarie Kaur is our prophetic voice calling us to reimagine what faith, compassion, and joy must be for our civic village to thrive.”—Reverend Otis Moss III, faith leader and author of Dancing in the Darkness

“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

“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

“Sage Warrior is radical, mystical nutritional juice for transforming a world on fire. Drink up!”—V (formerly Eve Ensler), The Vagina Monologues

“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

“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

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