Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way: With Commentary by Gyel-tsap

Gyel-tsap Dar-ma-rin-chen states that Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas was written to explain how, according to Nagarjuna, the practice of the stages of vogic deeds enables those with Mahayana motivation to attain Buddhahood. Both Nagarjuna and Aryadeva urge those who want to understand reality to induce direct experience of ultimate truth through philosophic inquiry and reasoning. Aryadeva's text is more than a commentary on Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle Way, because it also explains the extensive paths associated with conventional truths. The Four Hundred Stanzas is one of the fundamental works of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy, and Gyel-tsap's commentary is arguably the most complete and important of the Tibetan commentaries on it.Sonam, Ruth is the author of 'Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way: With Commentary by Gyel-tsap', published 2008 under ISBN 9781559393027 and ISBN 1559393025.