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June 9[edit]

Japanese instructions[edit]

Hello. Recently I bought some craft tape at the hobby store, and I noticed when I got home the instructions are all in Japanese. Anyone to help decipher it please? Thank you. → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 01:49, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since nobody has answered yet: I can't translate the text, but I'm pretty sure it's just telling you how to set up the dispenser, and to avoid putting the tape on freshly painted surfaces where removal of the tape may remove some paint. I was unable to find any good info on the company's USA website [1]. You might find something useful on Youtube. This clip [2] is maddening, as it seems like it's about to tell you something useful about the tape, and then the clip just ends! SemanticMantis (talk) 18:18, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Finnish grammar- name suffix[edit]

I was doing a YouTube search for a hockey player named Aleksi Saarela. While scrolling I noticed that there were many more clips of him- in Finnish- if his name was spelled Aleksi Saarelan. Is the addition of the -n some form of genitive grammatical case? Or am I way off? Wolfgangus (talk) 11:06, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is correct. "Saarelan" is the genitive case form of "Saarela". JIP | Talk 11:29, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! That was a complete guess, based on my college Latin. I appreciate it. Wolfgangus (talk) 12:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Soul(s)[edit]

Moved to WP:RD/H

A 'non-liberated' soul is that which is circulating in the 'life cycle', a 'liberated' soul is that which accomplished 'liberation' and is not in the 'life cycle', what do I call/classify/state the soul(s) which are condemned to Hell for eternity after death? They are not in the 'life cycle'. -- Space Ghost (talk) 19:09, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on what "liberated" means. It sounds like it means "no longer attached to a body." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:38, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism, the major faiths which accept the concepts of Moksha and Samsara (liberation and rebirth), Naraka is the abode of the damned. However, this punishment is not considered eternal (unlike the Christian Hell), but only as a part of the cycle from which one can eventually be liberated. This question would probably be better on RD/H. Tevildo (talk) 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll do as you advised. -- Space Ghost (talk) 18:29, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Soul#Jainism explicitly states that a Non-Liberated Soul is that of a living being which is currently stuck in any of the four life cycle forms, including Narak Gati (Hell). -- ToE 20:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"You can hide in a circle, it's a way to survive. Be another number, at least you'd be alive. Or you can ride with the gypsy. He can take you to hell, and the answers screaming in a voice you know so well." InedibleHulk (talk) 23:37, 11 June 2015 (UTC) [reply]