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Date Posted: 12:09:47 02/04/02 Mon
From: Mike K Keeney
Subject: Danny Pearl
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 08:19:40 -0800
I'm sure all of you have already heard about Danny Pearl but to hear
Marianne's (his wife) own words is very powerful, so I wanted to send
this along as we pray for her husbands safe return. For those of you who
can read French, her words are included at the end.
Jessie
Subject: Marianne's latest e-mail
Again a little background. inMarianne Pearl whose husband Danny Pearl (the Journalist) has been held captive by kidnappers in Pakistan since last week, is a great friend of mine (practicing in Paris) and a strong member of the SGI for over 12 years.
I've just been forwarded this e-mail from Marianne's brother Satchi.
I will attempt a rough translation and enclose the original french after for
those who can read it in her own words...
-----Message d'origine-----
De : mariane pearl
Envoyé : jeudi 31 janvier 2002 19:51
À : Satchi Van Neyenhoff
Objet : mariane
Satchi, here is my message. Can you send it to Kimson as well?
Thank you thank you
Dear friends,
In this critical moment, I deeply proud to be a member of our
organization, capable of manifesting a solidarity that is stronger than simple friendship and that unites us all in the same step to fight against the
injustice that affects us all, one way or another.I write to you on danny's
computer, now in held in captivity for 8 days now. We are awaiting a baby and found out it was a boy 2 days before he was kidnapped.
The first thing i wanted to share with you all is how much i am protected by the buddhist gods by the people who are around me during this trying time. i can't say much more about them but they are people of exceptional humanity and effectiveness.. the human relationships that are developing here are unique in the history of journalism as well as in the police. Without this protection, i don't know i could handle it. yesterday, on CNN, I talked to Danny's kidnappers. before the interview, I thought very hard about what President Ikeda and what he says about the power of dialogue as the sole force to achieve good. I was thus able to explain to the people who are threatening my husband that we are the complete opposite of what they are fighting against. that all of our work as journalists, human beings and buddhists (which I didn't explicitly mention for reasons you can surely understand) consists of an incessant effort to create a bridge that allows different cultures to understand one another better and to engage in a dialogue that would end the vicious cycle of conflicts and violence. i told them the truth and ended my message by saying that I was confident that they would release Danny with the intention to create such a vital dialogue. finally, i would like to tell you that my friend Asra,where I'm staying, has started chanting with me and said that she feels tremendous protection around us. That is all your daimoku.
i chant as much as possible but knowing that you are all there is my
real hope at this point. By chanting daimoku, i think about Nichiren
Daishonin at Tatsunokuchi calling out to the buddhist forces for protection to prove the validity of buddhism. Two phrases come to mind:
"turn the impossible into possible" "never give up, no matter what"
thank you to each of you and I have only one wish:
To share this victory with all of you!
Mariane Pearl
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