Heroism is intrinsic to the quest for Enlightenment, and it therefore runs to the very core of the essential nature of the Buddha and his Dharma. 

Sangharakshita (1925 CE-2018 CE), Sangharakshita (born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood; was a British spiritual teacher and writer, and the founder of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, which in 2010 was renamed the Triratna Buddhist Community.