The fight over the 91-year-old’s reincarnation is becoming a test of China’s power over Tibet—and whether his spiritual legacy can outlast him.

文｜丹增潘多（图伯特政策研究中心） 2026 年 7 月 3 日，流亡藏人洛嘎·让贊在纽约联合国大楼前自焚。洛嘎·让贊自焚的时间点是在中共正式施行所谓《中华人民共和国民族团结进步促进法》的第二天，他喊出「图伯特独立」和「中国滚出图伯特」，来抗议中共在图伯特（西藏）的高压统治。 2026 年 7 月 3 日，美国时间 2 日傍晚 6 点多鈡，美国流亡藏人洛嘎·让贊（Lobga Rangzan）在纽约联合国总部大楼前自焚，被当地警察送医抢救，后宣布抢救无效死亡。 洛嘎·让贊将自己的整个自焚过程通过其脸书账号直播，在直播视频中，洛嘎·让贊身穿黑色藏装，并手持图伯特国旗出现，他将图伯特国旗树立后，抛撒写有自焚诉求的纸条，随后在图伯特国旗旁边点火自焚，火焰立刻包围他的全身。 洛嘎·让贊在火团中往前走了几步，继续抛撒手中剩余的写有自焚遗言的纸条，并忍痛撑开双臂，之后坚忍焚烧的剧痛，保持着撑开双臂的姿态，火焰燃烧几分钟后，他倒地不起，随后一名人员赶到自焚现场，试图用灭火器剿灭他身上的火焰，直播戛然而止。。。。。 根据美国警方消息，7 月 2 日傍晚 6 点半，警方接到报警电话，赶到自焚现场后，将他送到纽约贝尔维尤医院（Bellevue Hospital），因烧伤严重抢，救无效死亡。 未自焚的三小时前，洛嘎·让贊更换了其脸书账户头像，留下了遗照。同一时间发布了一条视频，这段视频中他举出右臂，喊了三声「博让贊」（图伯特独立）。 洛嘎·让贊是一名坚定的西藏独立运动者，在自焚前一个小时，他亦在脸书上发布了自焚诉求，分别写有「FREE TIBET」（图伯特独立）和「CHINA OUT OF TIBET」（中国滚出图伯特）。 最为珍贵的是，洛嘎·让贊通过脸书留下了视频遗言，他在视频中并未表明他要自焚，而是非常隐喻的表示，他将要做一件严重的事情。在这段长达 6 分钟的视频中，他没有表现出将要自焚的激动和愤怒，面容平静，聊家常般的侃侃而谈，足以见到他的大度和勇气。 针对图伯特境内藏人一直以来的坚韧抗争，洛嘎·让贊给予最高的贊誉，他表示「对图伯特境内的藏人，我没有什么可以多言的。一直以来他们冒着生命的危险，以最大的勇气，为拯救图伯特的语言、文化与尊严，不断努力。因此，我没有什么资格再对他们说什么。」 随后，洛嘎·让贊向流亡藏人留下四点遗愿，第一点呼吁流亡藏人无忘自己的责任，不要满足于眼前的生活，坚持要爲境内藏人发声；第二点呼吁流亡藏人勿忘我们的苦难是因为失去了自己的国家，中国佔领图伯特这一事实；第三点呼吁流亡藏人内部团结，不要再分化地域、教派，要真正团结起来；第四点呼吁流亡藏人不要因为他的自焚而停止该做的事；真正的哀悼，是继续为图伯特奋斗。 洛嘎·让贊在遗言中，多次提到了尊者达赖喇嘛，他感念尊者带领藏人走向自由民主制度，并呼吁藏人聆听和实践尊者的教导。...

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