Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
The primary emblem of the feminine in Tibetan Buddhism is the dakini, or "sky-dancer," a semi-wrathful spirit-woman who manifests in visions, dreams, and meditation experiences. Western scholars and interpreters of the dakini, influenced by Jungian psychology and feminist goddess theology, have shaped a contemporary critique of... | | XML Programming: Web Applications and Web Services With JSP and ASP
A fast-moving, concise introduction to XML technologies for all programmers, no matter what their programming language (Java, VB, VBScript, C, C++, Python, and JavaScript), with exercises and solutions in every chapter.
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debugging code. We assume that ... | | Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics
Think of all the popular data visualization works out there—the ones that you always hear in lectures or read about in blogs, and the ones that popped into your head as you were reading this sentence. What do they all have in common? They all tell an interesting story. Maybe the story was to convince you of something. Maybe it was to... |