Portion of a Buddhist manuscript

With its golden letters emerging from the dark emptiness of the indigo-dyed background, this manuscript shows how tangible forms always emerge from emptiness—a quintessential Buddhist perspective. Yet the exact text we are dealing with here remains uncertain, for we have only a small selection of the leaves that once comprised the manuscript. What is certain is that this is an esoteric Buddhist text—it focuses on the circular diagrams called mandalas and the hand gestures called "seals" (mudra). Ongoing research should eventually clarify its identity.