Sufism and Buddhism — In the Western mental health {mind}

I’m not going to be cutting around the edges here. Buddhism is flexible and to an extent malleable. It merged and incorporated itself into both traditional Chinese Daoist and Confucianist as well as the Japanese Shinto traditions quite well. Or so I think. I am not a history person. A lot of people in modern times practice both Shinto and Buddhist rituals and teachings, with many visiting both Shinto Shrines and Buddhist temples/monasteries. There’s also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinbutsu-sh%C5%ABg%C5%8D" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Shinbutsu-shūgō</a> but I’m done sidetracking myself. Let’s go a bit back to when Buddhism was heavily opposed by the Christians. Prior to that people from the West had come into contact with Buddhists during the time of Alexander the Great and there are cases when Buddhism was in a sense introduced to the rest of Europe.  <a href="https://medium.com/@miainsel2/sufism-and-buddhism-in-the-western-mental-health-mind-356e56bb3b69">Website</a>