A scant [year or two or three and] one month after the Venerable Genpo Roshi disrobed due to various scandals related to his behavior with female students, he released this statement.

A Personal Statement from Genpo Merzel. It is with great sorrow that I needed to disrobe as a Buddhist Priest, however, every crazy cloud has a red thread lining and I was able to take my vast amount of experience in the realm of sensual conquest to compile a new and divergent translation of the Kama Sutra. Unlike previous incarnations of this work this version will truly integrate Soto Zen Buddhist ethics and practice with an interactive 3D video that will prove to launch from where Big Mind petered out. My actions may have caused a tremendous amount of pain but succeeded in providing the base of research for this current volume – My Magnum Opus. While my behavior was not in alignment with the traditional Buddhist Precepts, I feel that this work will attempt to provide a scope of teachings that new students can explore for generations to come…with me. With great humility I will continue to work on my research and develop the flexibility that have led me to this recent work. Workshops are always available at a reasonable $5000 a head but STD testing is a pre-registration requirement as are headshots and measurements. I appreciate all the love and support from my students that led to this volume and hope to still make money off of it well into the future.

A recent review of this work was also uncovered from The Zen Studies Society via an anonymous insider and penned by our very own Eido Shimano Roshi.