This article provides an overview of Ravigupta’s excursus on liberation in his commentary on Pramāṇavārttika 2.190. This excursus consists of an opponent’s counterargument and Ravigupta’s response to it. The opponent criticizes Dharmakīrti’s theory of an Arhat’s final moment of mind developed in his Pramāṇaviniścaya, and we can find a similar argument in a passage from Maṇḍana Miśra’s Brahmasiddhi. In discussing the three definitions of liberation provided in the excursus: （1） the annihilation of the mental continuum （*cittasantānoccheda）, （2） the mere cessation of suffering （*duḥkhanirodhamātra）, and （3） a mind free from desire, etc. （*rāgādiviviktacitta）, this paper points out a shift in the view of liberation from Abhidharmic to Mahāyānic. According to the third Mahāyānic definition, such a pure mind always exists, and the annihilation of the mental continuum is rejected. This article is based on the original text, English translation, and analysis of this passage presented in my previous article （Mai Miyo, “Ravigupta’s Analysis of Liberation in His Commentary on Pramāṇavārttika 2.190,” in To the Heart of Truth: Felicitation Volume for Eli Franco on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, ed. Hiroko Matsuoka et al. [Vienna: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 2023], 541–564）.
