High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yamas, and its complement, Niyamas, represent a series of "right living" or ethical rules within Hinduism and Yoga. These are a form of moral imperatives, commandments, rules or goals. Every religion has a code of conduct, or series of "do`s and don`ts", and the Yamas represent one of the "don`t" lists within Hinduism, and specifically, Raja Yoga.