Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Kumbha Sutta
Kumbha Sutta:1.Kumbha Sutta.-A pot without support is easily upset,so is it with the mind.Support for the mind is the Noble Eightfold Path.S.v.20f.
2.Kumbha Sutta.-A pot,if overset,empties out its water and cannot take it in again.A monk,cultivating the Eightfold Path,empties out Ill and cannot take it in again.S.v.48.