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Modern Buddhism
Modern Buddhism is a movement to make Buddhist training relevant and accessible in modern life. Its governing principle is that, because the foundation of Buddhist thought is a process of continuous inquiry into the nature of the mind and reality, it is possible, and even necessary, to update Buddhist ideas to embrace modern discovery. . This position is based on a principle said to date back all the way to {Shakyamuni Buddha}, that a person should not accept ideas based on authority alone but should test them as if testing a nugget of gold to see if it is real [cite source]. It is this capability of Buddhist thought to put its ideas to the test and to embrace and incorporate modern discovery that makes it so well suited to modern life (Harris, Varela).