The movement was founded by the Rev. Tokuharu Miki ( 1871-1938 ) , who served as a Zen Buddhist priest of the Obaku Sect . PL Kyodan , or the Church of Perfect Liberty , is a Japanese ShinshÅ `` kyÅ ( new religious movement ) founded in 1924 by Tokuharu Miki ( 1871-1938 ) , who was a priest in the Obaku Sect of Zen Buddhism .