B atammayatā- NOT MADE OF THAT

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“Atammayatā – the Pāli term meaning ‘not-made‑of‑that,’ pointing to the mind’s profound freedom from identifying with any conditioned experience, a state of un‑entanglement or ‘unconcoctability.’”

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Here’s a concise, bullet-style explanation of the Pāli term atammayatā, based on classical usage and modern interpretations:

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• Pāli breakdown & literal meaning

  • a- = “not”; tam = “that”; maya = “made of”; –tā = abstract noun suffix

  • → literally “the state of not being made of that” (suanmokkh.org)

• Core concept

  • Refers to non-identification or non-entanglement—the mind not clinging or fabricating itself as “that” thing (thought, sense, identity) (akincano.net)

  • Signifies a freedom from mental projections, ego, and the subject–object split

• Canonical usage

  • Appears in several suttas (e.g. MN 113, MN 137, A 6.104) where the Buddha praises those who reach this state even upon attaining deep meditative absorption (suanmokkh.org)

• Function in the path

  • Considered the culmination beyond coarse and subtle attachments—freedom from even refined meditative clinging

  • Helps relinquish identification with forms, sensations, feelings, and thoughts (sharanam.tumblr.com)

• Modern interpretations

  • Called “unconcoctability,” “imperturbability,” “invulnerability,” or more simply “I’m not messing with that”—a firm boundary against mental proliferation (sharanam.tumblr.com)

  • As per Buddhism Now: “not taking anything as self”—a mind that no longer identifies with any phenomena (buddhismnow.com)

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🧭 Why It Matters

• Insight into anattā (non-self):
  Atammayatā is a lived experience of not-self, where the sense “I am this” dissolves

• Psychological freedom:
  Promotes liberation from mental constructs, self-view, and ego-based reactions

• Spiritual culmination:
  A subtle, deep attainment where even spiritual states aren’t clung to

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📌 Practice Pointers

• Notice when the mind pushes I am that—whether toward sensations, experiences, or views

• Gently apply atammayatā as an inner mantra: “I’m not made of that”—I’m not that

• Cultivate non-identification: resting in awareness without fabricating a self through experience

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