A Literary Critical Review of "Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, Y.Bentor, M. Shahar (eds.), Leiden Brill, 2017 (Studies on East Asian Religions), 1,xxi + 450 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-34049-7 in «Rivista di Studi Orientali,, xcii, 1-2, 2019

Literary critical review of recent volume edited by Yael Bentor and Meir Shahar that investigates esoteric Buddhism and its diffusion in Asia. This volume is undoubtedly a contribution to the understanding of a complex and multifaceted phenomena, enriching our understanding of Asian civilizations in general, although there are some erroneous statements and mistakes that are discussed and corrected by the present reviewer.