"Stoicism was likely influenced by Buddhism through contact with India during the wars of Alexander the Great, and shares a lot with Buddhism: the whole univers

"Stoicism was likely influenced by Buddhism through contact with India during the wars of Alexander the Great, and shares a lot with Buddhism: the whole universe is one vast, living, divine whole." Universe as a "divine whole" is a concept found in Advaita vedanta, not in Buddhism. “Life is full of suffering, but that suffering is a path to understanding a larger good.” Again wrong. Understanding true nature of reality, any experience happiness,suffering, neutral is considered a path. Not just suffering.