Having found out that happiness consists in the realization of Truth and working for the welfare of others, Buddha preached that a life of active altruism was the best and noblest which a man could lead. He taught that good should be done for its own sake, and for the sake of others, and by his example of absolute self-sacrifice, he showed his followers what they should do. The most exalted virtue was the ideal that Buddha held up before the world.
---Anagarika Dharmapala, in Buddhism In Its Relationship With Hinduism---
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