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Oh no worries, eastern religion need no double negative to be as shite as Christianity in regard of power imbalance and it's abuse.
I learned a while ago that Buddhism does have a hell as well, not permanent like in Christianity, but a hell nonetheless. And you know who is there and gets extra punished? Unbeliever! How convenient for the priests who get donations and can wield power from the believe the people place in them.
And recently I learned about, I think it was Hinduism or another Indian religion, that people needed to offer sacrifices to the temples in order to shorten the burden their recently deceased loved ones would need to endure. And it was explicitly stated in the museum that poorer people who couldn't sacrifice much or anything were directly told they are responsible for their loved ones prolonged suffering.
So don't feel bad about lumping all big religions together. I haven't yet seen a big one, that isn't shite and more about concentration of power instead of helping the people.