a) Obama in 2008.

b) A hotdoll

c) Discovery of the true basis of reality through self-inquiry and radiance of the heart.

(Since we know you are dying for it) Answer below:

If you guessed "c" you were correct. This is Conan, the 1.5-year-old dog of Joei Yoshikuni, Japanese Buddhist priest and apparently skilled dog trainer. Yoshikuni taught the pup to pray with him in the morning. But Conan doesn't stop at prayer:

The priest is now trying to teach him how to meditate.

Well, sort of.

"Basically, I am just trying to get him to sit still while I meditate," he explained. "It's not like we can make him cross his legs."