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Explanation of the Logo of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
by His Divine Grace Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj

Oṁ is the very gist of Gāyatrī, and from that Oṁ comes merciful rays, like the rays of the sun. Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh, where saṅkīrttan is always going on, is inside the flute of Kṛṣṇa, and from there comes this sound Oṁ. Oṁ, the meaning of Gāyatrī, is coming from the Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh, and from there the explanation of Gāyatrī has been given by Śrīla B. R. Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj:

The position of the Guru is like water; the servitors of Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh are like lotuses; and the position of the worshipful Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Divine form of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Oṁ.

Everything is within Oṁ. Oṁ is coming from the flute of Kṛṣṇa, and the meaning of Oṁ, of Gāyatrī, is gāyatrī muralīṣṭa-kīrttana-dhanaṁ rādhā-padaṁ dhīmahi. Kṛṣṇa’s flute does not make any other sound except the glorification of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and that is the real meaning and gist of the Gāyatrī-Mantram.

The sun’s merciful rays give nourishment to the lotus, but if there is no water–if one cannot take shelter of Śrī Guru and His grace–then the lotus will become burnt by the rays of the sun.