Time Bomb2008

Jason Philby:
I thought Buddhism was all about orange robes and shaved heads.

Bob:
It's the notion of the eternal return. It postulates the continuing cycle of birth, death, and re-birth of an individual, ad infinitum, until such time as that person achieves enlightenment and is release from earthly suffering.

Jason Philby:
So like deja vu all over again.

Bob:
Yeah. All of human history repeating itself over and over, in every detail, from the fall of Rome to this very conversation.

Jason Philby:
So we've been here before?

Bob:
Uh huh.

Jason Philby:
That *is* worse than diarrhea.