Lhopa Khamtsen has been asssociated with Drepung Monastery since its establishment in 1416. Until 1959 the Khamtsen was one of the largest within Loseling, with up to 600 Monks including scholars and adepts. Few monks were able to escape to India during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and it took almost 20 years to reestablish the Khamtsen. In the 1980s a stream of Monks arrived at Drepung and the Lhopa Khamtsen was recreated but needed funding to construct its first buildings.

His Holiness Buddha Maitreya visited the Khamtsen in 2000 up to which point it had not received any sponsorship. His Holiness pledged to support the construction of the Khamtsen's prayer hall and work began and was completed in 2001. The prayer hall was inaugurated by His Holiness during a visit to Drepung in November 2001.

In 2002, Further funding from the Church was received to repay construction costs for the Prayer Hall and rooms. Sponsorship was also offered to ease the Khamtsen's water shortage problem and establish a separate water supply. His Holiness visited again in 2002 to see the progress and to give western students the opportunity to witness the work they had supported and contributed towards.

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The Church also sponsored several of the Tulkus of the Monastery including Tsadong Tulku.

"I met His Holiness in 2000 when he visited Drepung Monastery. He came to our Khangtsen and gave monthly sponsorship to all Khangtsen Tulkus and Khangtsen for food, electric bills and water. He also bought me a laptop for study purposes as well as a computer for Khangtsen. He bought a large generator for our Khangtsen, which is used by all the Monks and Tulkus. This provides electricity when we get a power outage. He funded the building of our main praying hall and rooms for the Monks, including bathrooms, toilets and one large kitchen for all Monks to use. The kitchen is also used by guests and is a big improvement to the old kitchen. We now have a new large gas cooker that replaced the old wood burning stove. His Holiness bought a water pump for the Khangtsen which now provides our own water supply. Before we often had a water shortage. In November 2005 His Holiness gave a Dharshan in Nepal and I was invited. At that time I told him I wanted to come to the USA and join his Sangha. In February 2006 the Church of Shambhala sponsored me to come to the USA and teach."  Tsadong Tulku

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