I was surprised to learn
there’s a hell in Buddhism
I thought hell was exclusive
to Christianity

never thought Buddhism
would have a hell

but then I read a distinct
difference

unlike Christianity
the Buddhist hell is not
eternal.

Bob Boyd

“A naraka differs from the concept of hell in Christianity in two respects: firstly, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment or punishment; secondly, the length of a being’s stay in a naraka is not eternal,though it is usually incomprehensibly long.
A being is born into naraka as a direct result of its accumulated actions (karma) and resides there for a finite period of time until that karma has achieved its full result. After its karma is used up, it will be reborn in one of the higher worlds as the result of karma that had not yet ripened.”

Source: Wikipedia