Yana
a Sanskrit word means vehicle. A term applied to Buddhism as a means by which a practitioner cultivates on the path to enlightenment. The different vehicles correspond to views of spiritual path, that differ as to the basic attitude of the practitioner and the means of making progress on the way. There are categories of one, two, three and five vehicles.

Yasodhara
the wife of Siddhartha Goutama. She later became a Bhikhuni.

Yogacara

See Dharmalaksana School.

yakshas

Demons who can move very fast.

Yin Guang

Master Chin Kung's Dharma Teacher was Professor Ping-Nan Lee. Professor
Lee's Teacher was Master Yin Guang.

Yin Kuang

See "Yin Guang."