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3. The Mind Chapter 33. The quivering, fickle mind, hard to guard, hard to restrain— The wise one straightens it, like a fletcher an arrow shaft. 34. Like a fish thrown on dry land, pulled from its watery home, this mind quivers, to escape Māra's sway. 35. Hard to subdue, swift, falling wherever it desires— the taming of the mind is good. A tamed mind brings happiness. 36. Hard to see, extremely subtle, falling wherever it desires— the wise one should guard the mind. A guarded mind brings happiness. 37. Far-ranging, solitary, bodiless, dwelling in a cave— those who restrain the mind are freed from Māra's bonds. 38. For one with an unsteady mind, who knows not the true Dhamma, whose faith wavers, wisdom does not become full. 39. For one whose mind is not drenched, whose mind is not struck, who has abandoned merit and demerit, for such a vigilant one, there is no fear. 40. Knowing this body to be like a jar, making this mind like a fortress, fight Māra with the weapon of wisdom. And guard what is won, without attachment. 41. Soon, alas, this body will lie on the earth, cast aside, without consciousness, like a useless log. 42. Whatever an enemy may do to an enemy, or a hater to one he hates, a wrongly directed mind will do him greater harm. 43. Not a mother, not a father, nor any other relative, can do so much good as a rightly directed mind. The Mind Chapter, the third, is finished.