A few years ago, I went to Thailand to give a retreat to the SVD confreres assigned there. After the retreat we went to a Buddhist-Hindu park in Nong Kai, northern part of Thailand near the border to Laos. I was very impressed with the park with different statues of the Buddha and various Hindu gods. However, there was one statue that I found quite scary. The statue of a giant cobra with seven heads, all with fearsome teeth and long tongues and at the middle a sitting Buddha who looks so serene. For me, because I have no idea of the context since I still lack knowledge about Buddhism, I find the statue quite frightening.