One of the problems I have with buddhism is the withdraw from society and the world around you, it behests you to focus on your internal mindfulness at all cost

One of the problems I have with buddhism is the withdraw from society and the world around you, it behests you to focus on your internal mindfulness at all costs. The way Irvine describes Stoicism (and the tenets set forth elsewhere) puts the stoic into the world for their own and everyone else's betterment. There's nothing wrong with the way buddhism says to withdraw, it's just one of the reasons I don't fully jive with it—then again, you don't exactly have to love it or lump it, you can pick and choose for sure. It's just an observation.