Did the buddha teach there cannot be a beginning of samsara or did he teach that he did not see a beginning of samsara?

At least if you look at the suttas in SN 15 the wording is kinda careful Transmigration has no known beginning. Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro. No first point is found… Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati… We can argue that if there was a beginning the Buddha would know, but strictly speaking the sutt…

Beginningless Samsara or no known beginning

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