All of the Dhamma teachings result in reduction of suffering.
But not all of the Dhamma teachings result in complete liberation.
The right view with effluents (MN 117) is targeted at beginners (especially lay persons).
However, according to SN 42.7, the Buddha taught the whole Dhamma to everyone, including lay persons.
So, a person can start with the right view with effluents, and later progress to the noble right view.
"And what is right view? Right view, I tell you, is of two sorts:
There is right view with effluents, siding with merit, resulting in
acquisitions [of becoming]; there is right view that is noble, without
effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
"And what is the right view with effluents, siding with merit,
resulting in acquisitions? 'There is what is given, what is offered,
what is sacrificed. There are fruits & results of good & bad actions.
There is this world & the next world. There is mother & father. There
are spontaneously reborn beings; there are contemplatives & brahmans
who, faring rightly & practicing rightly, proclaim this world & the
next after having directly known & realized it for themselves.' This
is the right view with effluents, siding with merit, resulting in
acquisitions.
"And what is the right view that is noble, without effluents,
transcendent, a factor of the path? The discernment, the faculty of
discernment, the strength of discernment, analysis of qualities as a
factor for awakening, the path factor of right view in one developing
the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents,
who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right view that
is noble, without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
MN 117
“Sir, doesn’t the Buddha live full of compassion for all living
beings?” “Yes, chief.” “Well, sir, why exactly do you teach some
people thoroughly and others less thoroughly?”
“Well then, chief, I’ll
ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like. What do
you think? Suppose a farmer has three fields: one’s good, one’s
average, and one’s poor—bad ground of sand and salt. What do you
think? When that farmer wants to plant seeds, where would he plant
them first: the good field, the average one, or the poor one?” “Sir,
he’d plant them first in the good field, then the average, then he may
or may not plant seed in the poor field. Why is that? Because at least
it can be fodder for the cattle.”
“To me, the monks and nuns are like the good field. I teach them the
Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in
the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And I reveal a spiritual
practice that’s entirely full and pure. Why is that? Because they live
with me as their island, protection, shelter, and refuge.
To me, the
laymen and laywomen are like the average field. I also teach them the
Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in
the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And I reveal a spiritual
practice that’s entirely full and pure. Why is that? Because they live
with me as their island, protection, shelter, and refuge.
To me, the
ascetics, brahmins, and wanderers who follow other paths are like the
poor field, the bad ground of sand and salt. I also teach them the
Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in
the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And I reveal a spiritual
practice that’s entirely full and pure. Why is that? Hopefully they
might understand even a single sentence, which would be for their
lasting welfare and happiness.
SN 42.7