<p>Do you think someone might have asked that question before?</p>
<p>According to Access to Insight, <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/search_results.html?cx=015061908441090246348%3Adj4lxnh4dda&amp;cof=FORID%3A9%3BNB%3A1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=inconstruable&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accesstoinsight.org%2F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">many of the suttas</a> include the following quote,</p>
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<p>At Savatthi. There the Blessed One said:</p>
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<p>&quot;From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating &amp; wandering on.</p>
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<p>In other words the &quot;first&quot; is not evident (or, I'd read that as, it's not evident that there is a first).</p>

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ChrisW
<p>I think the question is clear so no further explanation is needed.</p>

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this question falls under "Acinteyya" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinteyya ,
Ryan
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@Lanka I think this question should be reopened. The Tibetan Buddhist answer to this is specific, and I believe the other schools of Buddhism are in agreement that there is no first cause, no first birth.
hellyale
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actually I think it is a duplicate of http://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/9973/first-life-in-samsara/14660#14660
hellyale
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if rebirth/reincarnation is true then what is your first birth/incarnation?
# if rebirth/reincarnation is true then what is your first birth/incarnation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-03)

I think the question is clear so no further explanation is needed.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: this question falls under "Acinteyya" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinteyya ,  
> **username_2**: @Lanka I think this question should be reopened. The Tibetan Buddhist answer to this is specific, and I believe the other schools of Buddhism are in agreement that there is no first cause, no first birth.  
> **username_2**: actually I think it is a duplicate of http://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/9973/first-life-in-samsara/14660#14660  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-04-04. Score: 3

Do you think someone might have asked that question before?

According to Access to Insight, [many of the suttas](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/search_results.html?cx=015061908441090246348%3Adj4lxnh4dda&cof=FORID%3A9%3BNB%3A1&ie=UTF-8&q=inconstruable&sa=Search&siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accesstoinsight.org%2F) include the following quote,

> At Savatthi. There the Blessed One said:
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> > "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.

In other words the "first" is not evident (or, I'd read that as, it's not evident that there is a first).


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