For readers in search of an inner life, the hymns of Guru Tegh Bahadur are a quiet, searching companion. Composed in the turbulent seventeenth century by the ninth Sikh Guru and preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib, these poems and couplets address questions that belong to every age: why we cling to things that pass, why the mind will not be still, and how a human being can face death without fear. This modern-English edition renders his shabads and salokas in clear, present-day language while remaining faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original. An introduction, a glossary, and a reading guide help newcomers enter the text, and the arrangement follows the classical structure of the Guru Granth Sahib. Read as scripture, as poetry, or as contemplative practice, these hymns offer the consolation of a voice that is at once ancient and entirely alive. Part of The World Scriptures Library.