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The nutriment consciousness is a condition for the future arising of again existence (punabbhavā); when that has come into being, there is (also) the sixfold sense-base; and conditioned by the sixfold sense-base is sense-impression.

Phagguna Sutta for the superstitious puthujjana, the above excerpt is about "rebirth"

however, in reality, this is about 'becoming'. 'becoming' is when the mind becomes something in terms of self-identification, such as becoming a husband, becoming a wife, becoming a lawyer, becoming a doctor, becoming rich, becoming poor, becoming happy, becoming sad, becoming angry, becoming a 'buddhist', etc

the sutta below unambiguously demonstrates becoming occurs due to delight, now here, now there

for example, if now, the mind reads this post and thinks: "I believe this", "I disagree with this", "I am confused by this", etc, these are 'becomings'



Becoming
"Friend, how many kinds of becoming are there?"

"Friend, there are these three kinds of becoming: sensual becoming, form becoming, formless becoming."

"And how is further becoming in the future brought about?"

"The delight, now here, now there, of beings hindered by ignorance & fettered by craving: That's how further becoming in the future is brought about."

"And how is further becoming in the future not brought about?"

"Through the fading of ignorance, the arising of clear knowing, & the cessation of craving: That's how further becoming in the future is not brought about."

MN 43