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 yogic deeds enables those with Mahayana motivation to attain Buddhahood.
Aryadeva\'s text is more than a commentary on Nagarjuna\'s Treatise on the Middle Way because it also.
Both Nagarjuna and Aryadeva urge those who want to understand reality to induce direct experience of ultimate truth through philosophic inquiry and reasoning.
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 yogic deeds enables those with Mahayana motivation to attain Buddhahood