Abstract:Practical Vedanta is the ethical philosophy on which the entire socio-political philosophy of swami Vivekananda is based. Out of various branches of the Vedantic philosophy, Vivekananda accepted the Advaita Vedanta, propounded by Shankaracharya, as the most reasonable one. He found only this Advaita Vedanta satisfying the demands of the scientific world and explaining morality in complete sense. However, he found that the Advaita Vedanta, due to its application only on spiritual plane hitherto, had remained in exclusive possession of the spiritual seekers, and its benefits could not extend to the practical life of humanity inspite of the fact that it is the only philosophy that could universally be applied to solve the actual problems of the practical human life.

Keywords: Vedanta, Practical Vedanta, Self –Abnegation.