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I generally know ～まま as used in the sense that something is left in a certain
state, for example: `窓を開けたまま寝る`.

Does this have a different meaning or connotation when used following the
passive voice? For example, in this sentence:

> わたしは言 **われるままに** 、彼に従ってきたつもりだ。

This is what I've puzzled out myself, but it doesn't seem to make much sense
to me.

"わたし" is marked with は making that person the recipient of the action (and "彼"
the one doing the action). "彼" intends to follow...something, perhaps "わたし",
while "わたし" is in the sate of having been told something (or spoken to, etc).
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What does the construction "passive voice + ままに" mean? (～｛ら｝れるままに)
`まま` has no different meaning here.

It just means, (courtesy of dainichi)

> I believe, I simply followed his advice, just like I was told.

`従う` is intransitive and `彼` is its indirect object. `わたし` is the person who
was told something and (without back-talking) follow `彼`.

It is unclear, however, whether `わたし` was told by `彼`, or was told by a third
person.

Cf.

> わたしはお母さんに言われるままに、山本先生に従ってきたつもりだ。

I believe I did just follow the advice from Prof. Yamamoto, like my mother
told me to.

The translation of つもり is courtesy of dainichi. Maybe the different meanings
of つもり deserve a separate question, though.

Here `言われる` can have both the meaning of someone telling `わたし` again and
again, or just once, but the latter could more precisely put by choosing
`言われた`.

Anyway, the point is that `まま` has the meaning you know already; your sentence
analysis is a bit off, though, maybe that is where you got confused.
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The sentence should be parsed like this:

> わたしは[言われるままに 、彼に従ってきた]つもりだ  
>  I believe that I have been obeying him, just like _somebody_ has been
> telling me to.

は is the topic marker, here used after わたし, the subject of つもりだ, i.e. the one
who believes. に is the dative marker used after the indirect object of 従う,
i.e. 彼.

まま here expresses the viewpoint that _I_ have been following _him_ **just
like** _I_ was told, i.e. without objections.

Note that つもり here doesn't mean "intend". つもりだ is in present tense, while
従ってきた is in past tense. You cannot have an intention now about something in
the past. Used in this way, it can be translated as "believe". Or another way
of translating the sentence might be

> From my viewpoint, I've been obeying him, just like _somebody_ has been
> telling me to.
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