The subject for 1978 was the Bhagavata Purana, the scripture Swami refers to as “a textbook of divine love,” examining “the close relationship that exists between a devotee and God.” Some of the discourses included: God comes in human form to help men change for the better, Bhagavata, Vyasa and Narada, there is no blemish in god, Narada was an immortal spirit, God’s grace can burn away mountains of sins, Radha is an inseparable part of Krishna, love lives by giving and forgiving, Krishna was an infinite ocean, Brahman (God) is ananda (bliss), and God is like a wish-fulfilling tree.