Mr. Eko Goes to Honolulu
“This to me is the greatest reward because it’s based upon my faith.”
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, “Triple-A” as I call him, plays Mr. Eko on Lost. What you may not know is that he’s a devout Buddhist, and on Tuesday he dropped by the Hawaii State Legislature and gave the opening prayer.
“I thank you very much, deeply, from the root of my heart because I believe this is what my mission is in life, to share this practice and to create dialogue with others,” Akinnuoye-Agbaje said as he went before lawmakers.
“This to me is the greatest reward because it’s based upon my faith,” he said in an interview following the invocation.
He said the message for lawmakers was that they should try to align government law with mystical law and to try to be one with the hearts of the people.
I’m not a religious person per se, but I do wish he’d come in character and offered some inspiration for republicans and democrats alike via his “Jesus Stick.”
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