Venerable Rahula in the Pali Cannon, translated as “obstacle” because Venerable was in his mother’s womb for six years. Rahula is the son of Buddha before Buddha became a monk. When the Buddha returned to his hometown after enlightenment, Rahula was fifteen and Venerable took the novice ordination. Venerable was the earliest novice in the Sangha. And Venerable Sariputta is the preceptor of Rahula.

Venerable Rahula was regarded as the foremost in practice amongst Buddha’s Ten Principal Disciples. It is because Rahula kept straight rules and studied hard without attracting anyone’s attention.

罗侯罗是梵语，意为“覆障”,因尊者在母亲肚子里头住胎六年，受这六年的胎障之苦。尊者是释迦牟尼佛的儿子。佛陀成道归乡时，十五岁的罗睺罗尊者就跟随佛出家修道，是佛教僧团中最早出现的沙弥，而舍利弗尊者是罗侯罗尊者的戒师。

罗睺罗尊者在诸大弟子中，尊者是密行第一。因为尊者随时随地都用功，都可以入定，一时一刻都不懒惰。尊者的密行，一般人不知道。尊者所修行的行门都是默默耕耘，没有引起任何人的注意。