meditative good, nonmeditative good　定善・散善 Referring to the two types of religious practices outlined in the Sutra of Contemplation on Amida Buddha, meditative good which includes thirteen types of contemplation and nonmeditative good, is enumerated as the three kinds of meritorious behavior performed in ordinary life. In Shan-tao’s words, “Meditative good is to settle the thought and concentrate the mind; nonmeditative good is to abolish evil and practice good.” Both are considered elements of the “essential” gate leading to the Pure Land. Shinran, following Hōnen, regards both as self-power practices that fail to accord with the Primal Vow or result in birth in the Pure Land. Shinran uses such expressions as “the self-power mind of meditative and nonmeditative good” and “the recitative nembutsu of self-power of meditative and nonmeditative good acts”.