Even The Buddhas Take Refuge In The Dharma 佛亦皈依法

法是佛母，
佛从法生。
三世如来，
皆供养法。

—《涅槃经》

The Dharma is the Buddhas’ mother,
as Buddhas are from the Dharma ‘born’.
The three periods’ Thus Come Ones,
all make offerings to the Dharma
[by reverencing, practising and teaching it].

— Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra