Edited sentence: At the same time, the NKT has no political affiliations, not even with the Tibetan government-in-exile.However, this claim is disputed because Dharma does not belong to any particular nationality or ethnicity, and the Buddha never identified different traditions as being “this country’s Buddhism” or “that country’s Buddhism.Its spiritual heritage was bestowed generation after generation from Master to disciple until the time of Geshe Kelsang's own Teacher, Trijang Rinpoche.Unlike members of the FPMT, NKT members do not need to pledge allegiance to the Tibetan government or its political leader in order to practice ‘Tibetan Buddhism.” The NKT has a historical connection with Tibet