Bodagama Chandima thero was born on 3 February 1957 in Thanamalwila, Sri Lanka. As of 2015 he taught Theravada Buddhism in Taiwan. With a group of Taiwanese Buddhists, he founded the Theravada Samadhi Education Association in Taipei. As of 2014, he was the Chief Sangha Nayaka in Taiwan for Sri Lanka and also the Advisor of International Religious and Cultural Affairs to the President of Sri Lanka.