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Volume 32 2025

Review: Esoteric Buddhism in China 1912–1949

March 22, 2025 buddhistethics
ISSN 1076-9005
Volume 32, 2025

Esoteric Buddhism in China: Engaging Japanese and Tibetan Traditions, 1912–1949. By Wei Wu. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024, xiv + 312 pages, ISBN 9780231200691 (paperback), $35.00; ISBN 9780231200684 (hardcover); ISBN 9780231553742 (e-book).

Reviewed by Eben Yonnetti

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