Venerable Yong You holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of London and is a Buddhist nun ordained in the Fo Guang Shan monastic order. She served as an editor for the Fo Guang Buddhist Tripitaka, and has taught and conducted workshops at universities, Buddhist colleges, and continued education centers for many years. She currently teaches at Nanhua University in Taiwan.
Her research interests include include the religious aspects of life and death, life education, past-life regression therapy, and near-death experiences.