Why did we first incarnate?
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In commentary, we born by avijjā. Avijjā arises by Kāmāsava, Bhavāsava, and Avijāsava. These 3 Āsavā originate Avijjā. It's non stop loop.
I can see only stronger and stronger unwholesome in the loop. And I don't think we can find the beginning.
Ignorant > Old and Death > Doing (Managing) > Old and Death > Nāma Rūpa Arise > Old and Death > Senses Arise > Old and Death > Meeting > Old and Death > Feeling > Old and Death > Remembering > Old and Death > Managing > Old and Death > Craving > Old and Death > Craving again and again > Old and Death > Doing (Managing) for New Nāma Rūpa Arise as in Memory > Old and Death > Born as Managed > Old and Death > Arising Old and Death > Arising Old and Death > Arising Old and Death > Unlimited.
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In the ultimate Truth there's no birth, past , present and future. birth is illusion. That is why the Buddha said there is no apparent beginning. As there's no beginning for the rat horn or a sky flowers.
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Most suttas in SN 15 like SN 15.1, have the following ending:
Transmigration has no known beginning. No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving. For such a long time you have undergone suffering, agony, and disaster, swelling the cemeteries. This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”
From a different translation of the Tears Sutta:
From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on. Long have you thus experienced stress, experienced pain, experienced loss, swelling the cemeteries — enough to become disenchanted with all fabricated things, enough to become dispassionate, enough to be released."
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