景德傳燈錄 23.135

23.135

蘄州烏牙山行朗禪師。僧問未作人身已前作什麼來。師曰。海上石牛歌三拍。一條紅線掌間分。問迦葉上行衣何人合得披。師曰。天然無相子不掛出塵衣。

Chan Master Xinglang of Mount Wuya in Qizhou. A monk asked, 'Before taking human form, what did you do?' The master said, 'At sea, the stone cow sings three beats; a red thread parts within the palm.' [The monk] asked, 'Who is entitled to wear Kāśyapa's upper robe of ascetic practice?' The master said, 'The naturally formless child does not hang the dust-leaving robe.'