Theravada Buddhism, also known as the “small raft” vehicle, focuses on getting oneself across the river. With that being said, self-reliance in spiritual matters is heavily stressed, because everyone’s path to nirvana is different in some way or another. I would say that it is important for someone to engage in his or her own pursuit of truth, but I’m going to take it one step further and say it is vital. Finding your truth is like finding yourself, your true self, in your purest form. A person who knows his or her own truth can grow spiritually in a much more rapid pace when they’re self-reliant because they know themselves to such a degree that they can pursue their religions truths however he or she desires. With my own personal religious