Kaique :
I will answer point by point.
*First: imagine the flame of a candle that lights a second candle, is the flame of the second candle the same flame of the first candle? No, but it exists because of the first candle, this is rebirth, all about cause and effect, karma. And no, we aren't karma, saying that we are karma itself would be like saying a flame is heat; heat is the manifestation of the reaction, just as the individual is the temporary result of the karmic flow.
*Second: Samsara does not exist as a location or a creation; it is merely the dynamism of a process. In Buddhism, Samsara is not a cosmic structure made to house beings, nor is it a physical space where we were placed. Samsara is the name given to illusion in motion.
Samsara exists in the same way that a whirlpool exists in water. The whirlpool was not created by anyone and has no substance of its own; it is simply the result of forces, currents, and pressures interacting at a given point. Samsara is exactly that: a mechanical storm maintained by the relationship between three constituent factors: Primordial Ignorance (Avidya), where the mind by nature does not immediately perceive itself as it is, failing to see impermanence and interdependence; Action/Intention (Karma), where due to this failure of perception, the mind reacts to the world by trying to grasp what it likes and push away what it hates, generating residual energy; and Inertia/Continuum (Samskara), where this energy creates the momentum (the habit) that makes the stream of consciousness continue projecting itself into new forms and experiences.
When we ask why something exists, we are usually looking for two things: a First-Causal Origin ("Who turned on the engine?") and an Extrinsic Purpose ("What is this for?"). For Buddhism, the universe has no point zero (an uncaused primary cause) nor an architectural blueprint. Asking why Samsara exists is like asking "Why does 2 + 2 equal 4?" or "Why does fire burn?". Samsara is simply the natural result of laws of cause and effect (Dharma). If there is ignorance and attachment, the cycle of Samsara inevitably manifests; if ignorance and attachment cease, Samsara simply dissolves.
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